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defeat

/dɪˈfiːt/ /dɪˈfiːt/
  • v.
    击败,战胜;困惑,难住;使失败,阻挠;反对(动议或提议)
  • n.
    失败,战败;战胜,击败
复数defeats
第三人称单数defeats
现在分词defeating
过去式defeated
过去分词defeated
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词语例句

  1. 击败,战胜vt.

    • His guerrillas defeated the colonial army in 1954.

      他的游击队在1954年打败了殖民军。

  2. 困惑,难住vt.

    • The book he most wanted to write was the one which nearly defeated him.

      他最想写的书恰恰是几乎难倒他的那一本。

  3. 使失败,阻挠vt.

    四级
    • The navy played a limited but significant role in defeating the rebellion.

      在平息叛乱中海军起了有限但却重要的作用。

    • That means defeating the lock somehow, or breaking a window.

      这意味着要设法破坏锁,或打破窗户。

  4. 反对(动议或提议)vt.

    • The proposal is defeated by the majority.

      该提案仅被大多数人否决。

  1. They narrowly avoided defeat.
    他们险些儿被打败。
    来自《牛津词典》
  2. He bamboozled Mercer into defeat.
    他蒙骗默瑟并击败了他。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  3. They suffered a defeat at the polls.
    他们在投票选举中惨遭失败。
    来自《牛津词典》

相关短语

  • Day of Defeat
    胜利之日;决胜之日;胜利之日起源;成功之日
  • Victory or defeat
    胜败;胜负;输赢;胜利或失败
  • Glorious defeat
    虽败犹荣
  • Admit defeat
    不认输;认输;赢棋认输;承认失败
  • defeat Belgium
    打败比利时队

词语扩展

vt.
击败,战胜;挫败;使…失败
adj.
defeatist失败主义(者)的
n.
defeatist失败主义者
defeatism失败主义
  • defeat/beat/overcome/conquer/subdue/overthrow
    • defeat普通用词,多指在战争、比赛、竞选或辩论中战胜对手,侧重胜利的暂时性。
    • beat口笔语均可用,可与defeat换用。
    • overcome多指战胜或克服非物质的东西,如困难和不良习惯等。语气较弱也可指在斗争或竞争中战胜或压倒对方。
    • conquer侧重战胜和控制。书面用词。
    • subdue正式用词,与conquer同义,但强调失败后的臣服状态;也可用作借喻,表克制、压抑感情、欲望等。
    • overthrow指彻底击败对手,使其丧失力量和地位。

词义分布

失败
45.7%
打败
19%
击败
17.7%
战胜
8.7%
挫败
3%
战败
2.5%
2.1%
败仗
0.7%
击垮
0.2%
0.2%

英英释义

  • n.an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
  • n.the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
  • v.win a victory over
  • v.thwart the passage of
  1. v.
    to beat someone in a battle, a game or a competition
    击败;战胜
    • They defeated the French army in 1954.
      1954年他们打败了法军。

词源

  • defeat战胜
    de-, 不,非,使相反。feat, 功绩。引申义战胜。
  • defeat打败,摧毁
    来源于拉丁语中由前缀dis-(相反)和基本动词facere(做,作)组成的复合动词disfacere(破坏,毁灭),进入古法语为desfaire,过去分词为desfait,进入盎格鲁-诺曼底语为defeter,进入英语为defeat。 词根词缀: de-相反 + -feat-做,作