Dialouge：

A: Tom won the first place in the contest.

湯姆在競賽中得了第一。

B: No wonder he is rising far above himself.

怪不得他有點得意忘形。

A: His parents will be pleased when they know the news.

他的父母得知這個消息也會很高興的。

B: Sure.

可不是。

詞海拾貝：

rise above oneself

exp. To act in a conceited manner. （得意忘形，自鳴得意）

e.g. The success of his first novel completely makde him rise above himself.

他第一部小說很成功, 便得意忘形了。

e.g. His rises above himslef by even a small achievement.

他這個人有了一點成績就得意忘形。

e.g. You've raised above yourself these days—the rest of us have opinions worth hearing, too, you know!

你這些日子太自以為是了——你知道吧，我們其他人的意見也是值得聽的。

e.g. She’s rising a bit above herself. She’s only been working for me for two weeks and already she’s telling me what to do!

她有點自以為是——她才為我工作兩個星期，就已經在告訴我該做什么了!

三， 語匯積累

1. in the contest：在比賽中，在競賽中

e.g. His poem won the first prize in the contest.

他的詩作在比賽中獲得第一名。

e.g. What I want to know is who came first in the contest.

我想知道的是比賽誰得第一名。

2. win the first place：獲得第一名

e.g. Hearing Msry win the first place finally, we all jumped with joy.

聽到Mary最后獲得了第一名，我們都高興得跳起來了。

e.g. I didn't expect to win the first place in the competition.

我沒想到會在比賽中獲得第一名的。