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单词 defeat
释义
defeat
verb[T]
uk
/dɪˈfiːt/us
/dɪˈfiːt/
B1
towinagainst someone in afight,war, orcompetition:
击败，打败，战胜
Napoleon was defeated by the Duke of Wellington at thebattleof Waterloo.拿破仑在滑铁卢战役中被惠灵顿公爵击败。
They defeated theItalianteamandreachedthefinal.他们打败了意大利队，晋身决赛。
Synonyms
annihilateinformal
beat(DEFEAT)
conquer
crush(BEAT)
hammer(DEFEAT)informal
thrash(DEFEAT)informal
trounceinformal
See also
self-defeating
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to beat someone in a race, competition, etc.
  • beatUnited beat City 3 - 2.
  • defeatCan Ireland defeat New Zealand in this high-stakes match?
  • conquerThe Greeks had fought and conquered the army of Mardonius.
  • vanquishThe superhero always vanquishes his foes and saves the world.
  • annihilateModern superpowers succeed not by annihilating their enemies but by buying them off.
  • hammerThe Colts got hammered by the Patriots.
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B2
tocausesomeone or something tofail:
使失败，使落空
Theproposaltochangetheruleswasnarrowlydefeated(= by a verysmallnumber)by 201votesto 196.变更规则的提案以196票对201票的微弱劣势未获通过。
Ourambitionsfor thistournamenthave been defeated by theweather.天气使我们赢得锦标赛的雄心壮志落空了。
I'mafraidanything thatinvolveslanguagelearninghas always defeated me(= I have beenunableto do it).恐怕凡是与语言学习沾边的事都会把我难倒。
More examples
  • TheFrenchwere defeated at Waterloo in 1815.
  • Theteamwereoverwhelminglydefeated in yesterday'sgame.
  • TheNorthdefeated theSouthin the American Civil War.
  • Thebillwas defeated in theCommonsby 249votesto 131.
  • The four-timeschampionwasunexpectedlydefeated in the second round of thecompetition.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Winning and defeating
  • annihilate
  • annihilation
  • bank
  • be gunning forsomeoneidiom
  • be one in the eye forsomeoneidiom
  • convincing
  • move/go in for the killidiom
  • near thing
  • outclass
  • outcompete
  • outfox
  • sew
  • slaughter
  • sweep
  • takesomeonedown
  • takesomeoneto the cleaner'sidiom
  • takesomethingapart
  • takedown
  • thrashing
  • wipe
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defeat
noun[CorU]
uk
/dɪˈfiːt/us
/dɪˈfiːt/
B1
thefactoflosingagainst someone in afightorcompetition, or when someone or something is made tofail:
失败；战败；落败
In the lastelection, theysufferedacrushing/humiliatingdefeat.在上次大选中，他们一败涂地。
Aftertheirdefeat inbattle, thesoldierssurrendered.士兵们在战斗中被打败后就投降了。
Sheadmitted/concededdefeat well before all thevoteshad beencounted.选票统计远未完成，她就承认竞选失败了。
Compare
victory
admit defeat
toacceptthat you cannot do something:
承认失败
IthoughtI couldfixtheradiomyself, but I had toadmitdefeat.本以为自己可以修好收音机，但是我不得不承认自己不行。
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More examples
  • The Democratssufferedacrushingdefeat in the lastelection.
  • Hersilencewas taken as anadmissionof defeat.
  • He wasfamedfor hisstubbornresistanceand hisrefusaltoacceptdefeat.
  • Saturday's 2-0 defeatdashedtheirhopesofreachingthefinal.
  • His defeat in theworldchampionshipledto alongperiodofgloomyintrospection.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Winning and defeating
  • annihilate
  • annihilation
  • bank
  • be gunning forsomeoneidiom
  • be one in the eye forsomeoneidiom
  • convincing
  • move/go in for the killidiom
  • near thing
  • outclass
  • outcompete
  • outfox
  • sew
  • slaughter
  • sweep
  • takesomeonedown
  • takesomeoneto the cleaner'sidiom
  • takesomethingapart
  • takedown
  • thrashing
  • wipe
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(Definition ofdefeatfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

defeat| American Dictionary

defeat
verb[T]
us
/dɪˈfit/
toopposeandcausesomeone tolosein acompetitionorwarso that you canwin:
BillClinton defeated George Bush for thepresidencyin 1992.
defeat
noun[C/U]
us
/dɪˈfit/
successincompetitionwith anopponent,causingtheopponenttoloseso that you canwin:
[U]In the American Civil War, the North’s defeat of theSouthinvolvedtremendouslossoflifeon bothsides.
A defeat is also theactionorfactoflosingacompetitionorwar:
[C]This was the team’s fifthstraightdefeat.
(Definition ofdefeatfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdefeat

defeat
In fact, any error in measuring the favourability of news coverage would have defeated the purpose, which was to estimate media effects.
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The movement was defeated but repression was quite limited.
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On reflection, however, these corresponding victories and defeats do not tell the true story.
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If defeated, he would immediately call a general election.
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Many exclusivists are epistemically impoverished, and thus the epistemic status of their exclusive beliefs may well be lessened or defeated by religious diversity.
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Television seems to me inimical to this inner sense, which is defeated by the ephemerality of the televisual flow.
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Revelations and confessions produce resolution and stability by defeating ignorance and equalising the knowledge of the audience and the characters.
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During the porfiriato, challenges to authority in the factory were usually and regularly defeated.
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Among the latter, some viewed workers as eliteled, while others saw them as radical and threatening but defeated by 1916\\17.
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With a financial system based on municipal rents, the possibility of decent maintenance and upkeep was defeated by the massive scale of non-payment.
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Parts of a defeated group's inkatha were incorporated into that of the victorious group.
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Corticotropin-releasing factor antagonist reduces emotionality in socially defeated rats via direct neurotropic action.
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Obviously recent defeats, outrage at domestic political developments and unfavourable international circumstances all played a major role in such a cycle of commitment.
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Candidates running against the establishment were defeating candidates who had until recently appeared unbeatable.
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Only historical materialism could take "the tiger's leap into the past" to bring back to consciousness precisely the defeated, marginalized, and forgotten resisters.
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Collocationswithdefeat

defeat

These are words often used in combination withdefeat.

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admission of defeat
This is a rallying cry rather than anadmissionofdefeat, however, and research proceeds apace.
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admitting defeat
In such a case, however, the proper response is not simply to ignore the challenge, but rather to put offadmittingdefeat, acknowledging the need for further study.
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certain defeat
Otherwise, the defendant would expect nearcertaindefeatin court.
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