exceed: implies going beyond a limit set by authority or established by custom or by prior achievement: ~ed the speed limit.    (authority职权部门,custom习俗)


surpass: suggests superiority in quality, merit, or skill: the book ~ed our expectations.


transcend: implies a rising or extending notably above or beyond ordinary limits: ~ed the values of their peers.


excel: implies an attaining of eminence in achievement, accomplishment, or quality and may suggest superiority to all others: ~s in mathematics.


outdo: applies to a bettering or exceeding of what has been done before: ~ herself this time.


outstrip: suggests a succeeding or surpassing in a race or competition: ~ped other firms in selling the new plastic.


exceed超过: 超过某限制界限，surpass超过: 品质优点技术等更好(superior指"最"好"最"高,superlative形容词最高级，这里译成更好)，transcend超越: 大幅超过常规界限，excel优秀: 成绩显著，暗示超过其他所有人，outdo超过: 超过之前作为，outstrip超过: 超过比赛或竞争对手。


记忆方法: 1）首字母esteoo组成see too，也看见<==超越


         2）超越的意思是超过限度量度程度mean to go or be beyond a stated or implied limit, measure, or degree.