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defeat
dɪfiːt diˈfit dɪˈfit
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense defeats, present participle defeating, past tense , past participle defeated
1 VERB 击败;战胜 If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest. 击败;战胜

  • His guerrillas defeated the colonial army in 1954. [VERB noun]

    1954 年他领导的游击队打败了殖民军队。

  • The NHL Stanley Cup was won by the Montreal Canadians, who defeated the Boston Bruins four games to one. [VERB noun]

    蒙特利尔加拿大人队以 4 比1战胜波士顿棕熊队，夺得了国家冰球联盟斯坦利杯。

SYN beat, crush, overwhelm, conquer
2 VERB [usually passive] 否决(提案或动议) If a proposal or motion in a debate is defeated, more people vote against it than for it. 否决(提案或动议)

  • The proposal was defeated by just one vote. [be VERB-ed]

    该提案仅以一票之差被否决。

3 VERB (任务或问题)难住，难倒 If a task or a problem defeats you, it is so difficult that you cannot do it or solve it. (任务或问题)难住，难倒

  • There were times when the challenges of writing such a huge novel almost defeated her. [VERB noun]

    有些时候，创作如此宏大的一部小说所面临的挑战几乎把她给难倒了。

SYN frustrate, foil, thwart, ruin
4 VERB 挫败(行动或计划);使落空 To defeat an action or plan means to cause it to fail. 挫败(行动或计划);使落空

  • The navy played a limited but significant role in defeating the rebellion. [VERB noun]

    海军在平息这场叛乱的过程中起到了有限但却十分重要的作用。

  • He swore to defeat Odin's plan. [VERB noun]

    他发誓一定要挫败奥丁的计划。

SYN overthrow, destroy, ruin, upset
5 N-VAR 战败;失利;失败 Defeat is the experience of being beaten in a battle, game, or contest, or of failing to achieve what you wanted to. 战败;失利;失败

  • The most important thing is not to admit defeat until you really have to.

    最重要的是不到万不得已绝不要认输。

  • The vote is seen as a defeat for the anti-abortion lobby. [+ for]

    这一投票结果被看作是反堕胎游说团体的一次失败。

  • A 2-1 defeat by Sweden left them bottom of Group One.

    1 比 2 负于瑞典之后，他们处在了第一小组的最后一名。

SYN conquest, beating, overthrow, pasting [slang]
Quotations
How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! Bible: II Samuel
Defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom. And above all futility Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Flight to Arras
Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan Count Galeazzo Giano Diary
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