ADJECTIVE | VERB + DEFEAT | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤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
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ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤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。