defeated
past simple and past participle ofdefeat
| 单词 | defeated |
| 释义 | defeated past simple and past participle ofdefeat defeat verb[T] uk/dɪˈfiːt/us/dɪˈfiːt/B1 towinagainst someone in afight,war, orcompetition: Napoleon was defeated by the Duke of Wellington at thebattleof Waterloo. They defeated theItalianteamandreachedthefinal. Synonyms annihilateinformal beat(DEFEAT) conquer crush(BEAT) hammer(DEFEAT)informal thrash(DEFEAT)informal trounceinformal See also self-defeating to beat someone in a race, competition, etc.
B2 tocausesomeone or something tofail: Theproposaltochangetheruleswasnarrowlydefeated(= by a verysmallnumber)by 201votesto 196. Ourambitionsfor thistournamenthave been defeated by theweather. I'mafraidanything thatinvolveslanguagelearninghas always defeated me(= I have beenunableto do it).
Winning and defeating
Examplesofdefeateddefeated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The latter would obtain whenever the r ule, even though applicable, isdefeatedby reasons that fell outside its (partially) exclusionar y scope. From theCambridge English Corpus Others undoubtedly weredefeatedin battle but were unrecorded, and some became bandits. From theCambridge English Corpus Local reform had neither changed women's behaviour nor won their hearts, but it haddefeatedmass anti-colonial labour politics for the time being. From theCambridge English Corpus So when a defendant is rightly acquitted, the state is notdefeated. From theCambridge English Corpus Historical materialism in its various forms was finallydefeatedby capitalistic globalization. From theCambridge English Corpus In fact, any error in measuring the favourability of news coverage would havedefeatedthe purpose, which was to estimate media effects. From theCambridge English Corpus The movement wasdefeatedbut repression was quite limited. From theCambridge English Corpus Ifdefeated, he would immediately call a general election. From theCambridge English Corpus Many exclusivists are epistemically impoverished, and thus the epistemic status of their exclusive beliefs may well be lessened ordefeatedby religious diversity. From theCambridge English Corpus Television seems to me inimical to this inner sense, which isdefeatedby the ephemerality of the televisual flow. From theCambridge English Corpus During the porfiriato, challenges to authority in the factory were usually and regularlydefeated. From theCambridge English Corpus Among the latter, some viewed workers as eliteled, while others saw them as radical and threatening butdefeatedby 1916\\17. From theCambridge English Corpus With a financial system based on municipal rents, the possibility of decent maintenance and upkeep wasdefeatedby the massive scale of non-payment. From theCambridge English Corpus Corticotropin-releasing factor antagonist reduces emotionality in sociallydefeatedrats via direct neurotropic action. From theCambridge English Corpus Only historical materialism could take "the tiger's leap into the past" to bring back to consciousness precisely thedefeated, marginalized, and forgotten resisters. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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