defeating
present participle ofdefeat
| 单词 | defeating |
| 释义 | defeating present 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
Examplesofdefeatingdefeating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Revelations and confessions produce resolution and stability bydefeatingignorance and equalising the knowledge of the audience and the characters. From theCambridge English Corpus Candidates running against the establishment weredefeatingcandidates who had until recently appeared unbeatable. From theCambridge English Corpus The availability of credit from friendly central banks is of the first importance indefeatingspeculators. From theCambridge English Corpus Of course, other factors may also affect this calculus, including the possibility of modifying rather thandefeatingthe reform. From theCambridge English Corpus The most effective way of 'defeating' fear would be ' confronting ' it until one felt in control. From theCambridge English Corpus She is therefore likely to write them down, comprising security anddefeatingthe efforts of the overall approach. From theCambridge English Corpus In equilibrium, the incumbent can always meet the incumbency criterion,defeatingthe challenger. From theCambridge English Corpus By contrast, precedents exclude, absolutely, reasons based on factors present in the precedent case fromdefeatingthe first-order reason. From theCambridge English Corpus This allows us to say that the lesser evil doesn't actually produce the greater good, but rather only sustains it, bydefeatingdefeaters to it. From theCambridge English Corpus But this requires modifying the stack module,defeatingthe idea of an abstract data type. 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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