其目标是恢复以前的状态，即黄金时代，而不是超越它，因为它不可能被超越。
The goal was to restore the status quo ante, the golden age, not to surpass it, because it could not be surpassed.
纽约可能被伦敦超越，失去全球金融中心的地位。
New York could find itself eclipsed by London as the world's financial hub.
虽说乌拉圭的经济增长速度10年前可能被阿根廷超越过，但现在情势已变。
Uruguay may have been outpaced by Argentina earlier this decade, but the tables seem now to have been turned.
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