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defeat

verb
 
/dɪˈfiːt/
/dɪˈfiːt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they defeat
/dɪˈfiːt/
/dɪˈfiːt/
he / she / it defeats
/dɪˈfiːts/
/dɪˈfiːts/
past simple defeated
/dɪˈfiːtɪd/
/dɪˈfiːtɪd/
past participle defeated
/dɪˈfiːtɪd/
/dɪˈfiːtɪd/
-ing form defeating
/dɪˈfiːtɪŋ/
/dɪˈfiːtɪŋ/
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  1.  
     to win against somebody in a war, competition, sports game, etc.击败；战胜 synonym beat
    • defeat somebody/something He defeated the champion in three sets.他三盘击败了冠军。
    • to defeat a rival/an opponent 击败对手/对手
    • The goal is to defeat the enemy by whatever means possible.目标是尽一切可能击败敌人。
    • a defeated army败军
    • Garibaldi defeated the Neapolitan army.加里波第击败了那不勒斯军队。
    • defeat somebody by something The government was defeated by 200 votes to 83.投票结果是政府以83:200败北。
    • Davis defeated Morris by eight points in the semi-final. 戴维斯在半决赛中以8分之差击败了莫里斯。
    • defeat somebody in something Our team was narrowly defeated in the final.我们队在决赛中惜败。
    • It was said that he could not be defeated in battle. 据说他在战斗中不能被打败。
    Extra Examples
    • He said it was impossible to defeat the terrorists militarily.他说军事上打败恐怖分子是不可能的。
    • The English were decisively defeated by the rebels in the battle that followed.英格兰人在之后的那场战役中被叛军打得惨败。
    • The senator was decisively defeated by his rivals.这位参议员被对手彻底击败。
    • She narrowly defeated the rival candidate in the leadership contest.她在领导力竞赛中险胜对手候选人。
    Topics War and conflictb2, Sports: other sportsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • comprehensively
    • convincingly
    • decisively
    • …
    preposition
    • by
    See full entry
  2.  
     to stop something from being successful使失败；阻挠；挫败
    • defeat something They are united in their determination to defeat global terrorism. 他们团结一致，决心打败全球恐怖主义。
    • The proposed bill was decisively defeated in Parliament.提案在议会中遭断然否决。
    • be defeated by something The motion was defeated by 19 votes.这项动议以差额 19 票被否决。
    • Writing down your password so you remember it defeats the purpose of having a password.写下你的密码，这样你就能记住它，这违背了拥有密码的目的。
    • Staying late at the office to discuss shorter working hours rather defeats the object of the exercise!迟迟待在办公室讨论缩短工作时间恰恰是在阻挠这一目标的实现！
    Topics Difficulty and failureb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • comprehensively
    • convincingly
    • decisively
    • …
    preposition
    • by
    See full entry
  3. defeat somebody (formal) if something defeats you, you cannot understand it使困惑；难住
    • The instruction manual completely defeated me.这操作指南把我完全弄糊涂了。
    • Question 6 defeated us.第6题难住了我们。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • comprehensively
    • convincingly
    • decisively
    • …
    preposition
    • by
    See full entry
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘undo, destroy, annul’): from Old French desfait ‘undone’, past participle of desfaire, from medieval Latin disfacere ‘undo’.

defeat

noun
 
/dɪˈfiːt/
/dɪˈfiːt/
Idioms
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  1.  
     [uncountable, countable] failure to win or to be successful失败；战败；挫败
    • The party faces defeat in the election.这个党面临选举失败。
    • They suffered a narrow defeat in the final.他们在决赛中险胜。
    • a heavy/humiliating/crushing defeat沉重/屈辱/彻底的失败
    • The world champion has only had two defeats in 20 fights.这个世界冠军在 20 场比赛中只败过两场。
    • They finally had to admit defeat (= stop trying to be successful).他们最后只得认输。
    • to concede/accept defeat承认/接受失败
    • defeat by somebody their defeat by the Brazilians他们被巴西队打败
    • defeat against somebody last week's defeat against Manchester United上周对曼联的失败
    • a punishing defeat at the hands of Iceland in the World Cup 世界杯上被冰岛队惨败
    • in defeat He was gracious in defeat, acknowledging his opponent's greater skill.面对失败他豁达大度，承认对手技高一筹。
    • a series of small victories and defeats一系列小的胜利和失败
    Extra Examples
    • A skilful politician can always reverse any defeats.手段高明的政治家总能扭转败局。
    • The prime minister conceded defeat and resigned.首相承认失败并辞职。
    • The battle ended in a humiliating defeat.这场战役以耻辱的失败告终。
    • The team suffered defeat at the hands of their oldest rivals.这个队败在老对手的手下。
    • Their party suffered a heavy defeat in the election.他们党在选举中遭受重大挫折。
    • The team went down to their fifth consecutive defeat.该队连续第五次失利。
    • They lost 4–3 in their second narrow defeat of the week.他们以 3 比 4 的比分在本星期第二次惜败。
    • They turned a military defeat into a media victory.他们把军事上的失败转为媒体上的胜利。
    • We just need to avoid defeat in our last two games.我们只需在最后两场比赛中避免失利即可。
    Topics Difficulty and failureb2, War and conflictb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • complete
    • comprehensive
    • decisive
    • …
    verb + defeat
    • accept
    • admit
    • concede
    • …
    preposition
    • defeat against
    • defeat by
    phrases
    • defeat at the hands of somebody
    • turn defeat into a victory
    See full entry
  2.  
     [countable, usually singular] the act of winning a victory over somebody/something击败；战胜
    • The army inflicted a heavy defeat on rebel forces.军队大败叛军。
    • the defeat of fascism战胜法西斯主义
    Extra Examples
    • They played a key role in Wellington's defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo.他们在惠灵顿击败拿破仑的滑铁卢战役中起了关键作用。
    • He almost pulled off a shock defeat of the reigning champion.他差点儿便意外地战胜了那卫冕冠军。
    Topics Sports: other sportsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • complete
    • comprehensive
    • decisive
    • …
    verb + defeat
    • accept
    • admit
    • concede
    • …
    preposition
    • defeat against
    • defeat by
    phrases
    • defeat at the hands of somebody
    • turn defeat into a victory
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘undo, destroy, annul’): from Old French desfait ‘undone’, past participle of desfaire, from medieval Latin disfacere ‘undo’.
Idioms
snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
  1. to win something even though it seemed up until the last moment that you would lose 在最后一刻反败为胜The idiom is often reversed for humorous effect to show that a person or team were expected to win, but then lost at the last moment, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2560 COCA: 3326
defeat

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + DEFEAT | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤complete, comprehensive, decisive, heavy, major, overwhelming, resounding, serious, stunning, total完全的／全面的／決定性的／沉重的／重大的／壓倒性的／徹底的／嚴重的／令人震驚的／總體的失敗◇Their party suffered a heavy defeat in the election.他們黨在選舉中遭受重大挫折。➤bitter, catastrophic, crushing, devastating, disastrous, embarrassing, humiliating, ignominious (formal) 痛苦的／慘痛的／毀滅性的／慘重的／災難性的／難堪的／恥辱的／不光彩的失敗◇The battle ended in a humiliating defeat.這場戰役以恥辱的失敗告終。➤narrow惜敗◇They lost 4-3 in their second narrow defeat of the week.他們以 3 比 4 的比分在本星期第二次惜敗。➤consecutive, successive連敗➤final, ultimate最終失敗▸➤election, electoral, political競選／選舉／政治上的失敗▸➤military軍事上的失敗VERB + DEFEAT➤accept, admit, concede接受失敗；承認失敗◇She is very determined, and will never admit defeat.她非常堅定，從不認輸。◇The prime minister conceded defeat and resigned.首相承認失敗並辭職。➤face面對失敗▸➤experience, suffer經歷／遭受失敗➤go down to, slump to (both BrE, sport體育) 慘遭失敗◇The team went down to their fifth consecutive defeat.該隊連續第五次失利。➤reverse (BrE) 扭轉敗局◇A good politician can always reverse any defeats.手段高明的政治家總能扭轉敗局。➤avoid免遭失敗◇We just need to avoid defeat in our last two games.我們只需在最後兩場比賽中避免失利即可。➤inflict擊敗◇The army inflicted a heavy defeat on rebel forces.軍隊大敗叛軍。➤end in以失敗告終▸➤lead to導致失敗PREPOSITION➤defeat against對⋯的失敗◇last week's crushing defeat against their rivals上星期對對手的慘敗➤defeat by被⋯打敗◇their defeat by the Brazilians他們被巴西隊打敗PHRASES➤defeat at the hands of sb敗在某人手下◇The team suffered defeat at the hands of their oldest rivals.這個隊敗在老對手的手下。➤turn defeat into a victory轉敗為勝◇They turned a military defeat into a media victory.他們把軍事上的失敗轉為媒體上的勝利。
defeat

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤comprehensively, convincingly, decisively, easily, handily, heavily, overwhelmingly, roundly, soundly, thoroughly全面擊敗；令人信服地打敗；決定性地打敗；輕鬆地打敗；重創；徹底打敗◇The English were decisively defeated by the rebels in the battle that followed.英格蘭人在之後的那場戰役中被叛軍打得慘敗。◇The senator was decisively defeated by his rivals.這位參議員被對手徹底擊敗。➤completely, totally徹底擊敗➤militarily軍事上擊敗◇He said it was impossible to defeat the terrorists militarily.他說軍事上打敗恐怖分子是不可能的。➤narrowly險勝◇Our team was narrowly defeated in the final.我們隊在決賽中惜敗。➤eventually, finally, ultimately最終打敗PREPOSITION➤by以⋯擊敗◇The motion was defeated by 20 votes to 18.動議以 20 票對 18 票的表決結果未獲通過。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2560 COCA: 3326
defeat verb
⇨ defeat (defeat an army) ⇨ confuse (a question defeats sb)defeat noun
⇨ victory defeat

verb

  ➡ See also the entry for win 另见win条defeat ♦︎ beat ♦︎ overcome ♦︎ vanquish ♦︎ get the better of sb ♦︎ rout ♦︎ trounce ♦︎ best ♦︎ prevail ♦︎ thrashThese words all mean to win against sb in sport or in a contest or conflict. 这些词均表示在比赛或对抗中战胜某人。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺 下图显示这些词所表达胜出的程度
get the better of sb➔defeat➔vanquish
bestbeatrout
prevailovercometrounce
thrash
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to defeat / beat / rout / trounce / thrash sb by 10 points / 4 goals, etc.◆to defeat / beat / overcome / vanquish / get the better of / rout / trounce / thrash an opponent◆to defeat / beat / overcome / vanquish / trounce a rival◆to defeat / beat / overcome / vanquish / rout an enemy◆to defeat / beat / vanquish a foe◆to finally defeat / beat / overcome / get the better of / rout sb◆to totally defeat / overwhelm / thrash sb◆to easily defeat / beat / overcome sb■ defeat [transitive] (especially written) to win against sb in a war, competition, sport or vote 战胜；击败◆The English were heavily defeated here by the Scots in 1314.1314年，英格兰人在这里惨败给苏格兰人。◆He defeated the champion in three sets.他胜了冠军三盘。◆The government was defeated by 200 votes to 83.投票结果是政府以83:200败北。▸ defeat

noun

 [countable, uncountable] ◆The battle ended in humiliating defeat.那次战斗以屈辱的失败告终。◆He was gracious in defeat, acknowledging his opponent's greater skill.面对失败他豁达大度，承认对手技高一筹。◆The Prime Minister conceded defeat and resigned.首相承认失败并辞职。◆They finally had to admit defeat (= stop trying to be successful).他们最后只得认输。 OPP victory ⇨ victory   see also defeat ⇨ victory ■ beat (beat, beaten) [transitive] (especially spoken) to win against sb in sport, a game, an election or a war 战胜；打败；赢◆He beat me at chess.他下棋赢了我。◆He was beaten into second place by the American.他输给了那个美国人，屈居第二。◆She beat him hands down (= easily).她轻而易举就打败了他。◆Their recent wins have proved that they're still the ones to beat (= the most difficult team to beat).他们最近的胜利证明，他们仍然是一支最难以战胜的队。NOTE 辨析 Defeat or beat? Defeat is more often used when talking about winning against one opponent in a particular contest or battle and finishing as the winner. * defeat更常指在特定的竞赛或战斗中战胜对手、赢得最终的胜利◆He defeated the incumbent president.他击败了现任总统。 Beat can be used to talk about winning against one opponent or several opponents in a game, competition or race. * beat可指在游戏、竞争或赛跑中战胜一个或多个对手◆She won the 100 metres, beating a number of top Europeans.她在一百米赛中获胜，战胜了几名顶尖的欧洲选手。 Beat is more common in everyday spoken language and defeat is used more in written language. * beat更常见于日常口语，defeat更多用于书面语。 ■ overcome ˌəʊvəˈkʌm; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈkʌm [transitive] (written) to defeat sb, especially when it is difficult （尤指艰难地）战胜；力克◆She overcame strong opposition to take the title.她力克强大的对手，夺得了冠军。◆In the final, Sweden easily overcame France.在决赛中，瑞典队轻松战胜了法国队。■ vanquish ˈvæŋkwɪʃ [transitive] (literary) to defeat sb completely in a war or competition 彻底击败；完全征服◆Government forces vanquished the rebels.政府军彻底击败了叛乱分子。■ get the better of sb

idiom

(getting, got, got; NAmE spoken getting, got, gotten) [intransitive] to defeat sb or gain an advantage over them in a fight, argument or contest 挫败（某人）；占上风◆No one can get the better of her in an argument.跟她辩论没有人能辩得过她。■ rout raʊt [transitive] (written) to defeat sb completely in a battle or contest 彻底击败；使溃败◆The Royalist forces were routed.保皇派军队被击溃。▸ rout

noun

 [singular] ◆The offensive into rebel-held territory had ended in a rout.对叛军领地的进攻以彻底失败告终。■ trounce traʊns [transitive] (written) to defeat sb completely, especially in a sport （尤指体育运动中）彻底打败，击溃◆Brazil trounced Italy 5-1 in the final.决赛时巴西队以5:1狂胜意大利队。■ best [transitive, usually passive] (formal) to defeat or be more successful than sb 打败；胜过◆A great colonial power was nearly bested by a few farmers.一个殖民强国差点儿被几个农场主打败。■ prevail prɪˈveɪl [intransitive] (formal) to defeat sb, especially after a long struggle （尤指长期斗争后）战胜，挫败◆Ultimately, Rome prevailed over her neighbours.最终，罗马战胜了周边邻国。◆In a one-sided final, Spain prevailed against title-holder Croatia 40-34.在一场实力悬殊的决赛中，西班牙队以40:34挫败了卫冕的克罗地亚队。  see also prevail ⇨ win ■ thrash [transitive] (especially BrE, informal) to defeat sb very easily in a sport or game （赛事中）轻易击败，一举战胜◆They were thrashed 5-0 in the League.他们在联赛中以0:5被彻底击败。
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