Defeat means to beat someone in a battle, game, or contest, or to reject a proposal or motion. It can also mean to be unable to solve a difficult task or problem, or to cause a plan or action to fail. As a noun, it signifies losing or failing.
[VERB 动词]击败;战胜 If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
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His guerrillas defeated the colonial army in 1954...
1954 年他领导的游击队打败了殖民军队。
The NHL Stanley Cup was won by the Montreal Canadians, who defeated the Boston Bruins four games to one.
蒙特利尔加拿大人队以 4 比1战胜波士顿棕熊队,夺得了国家冰球联盟斯坦利杯。
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[VERB 动词]否决(提案或动议) If a proposal or motion in a debate is defeated, more people vote against it than for it.
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The proposal was defeated by just one vote.
该提案仅以一票之差被否决。
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[VERB 动词](任务或问题)难住,难倒 If a task or a problem defeats you, it is so difficult that you cannot do it or solve it.
[V n]
There were times when the challenges of writing such a huge novel almost defeated her.
有些时候,创作如此宏大的一部小说所面临的挑战几乎把她给难倒了。
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[VERB 动词]挫败(行动或计划);使落空 To defeat an action or plan means to cause it to fail.
[V n]
The navy played a limited but significant role in defeating the rebellion...
海军在平息这场叛乱的过程中起到了有限但却十分重要的作用。
He swore to defeat Odin's plan.
他发誓一定要挫败奥丁的计划。
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[N-VAR 可变名词]战败;失利;失败Defeat is the experience of being beaten in a battle, game, or contest, or of failing to achieve what you wanted to.
The most important thing is not to admit defeat until you really have to...
最重要的是不到万不得已绝不要认输。
The vote is seen as a defeat for the anti-abortion lobby...
这一投票结果被看作是反堕胎游说团体的一次失败。
A 2-1 defeat by Sweden left them bottom of Group One.
1 比 2 负于瑞典之后,他们处在了第一小组的最后一名。
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de·feat★/dɪˈfiːt; NAmEdɪˈfiːt/
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defeatdefeatsdefeateddefeatingverb★1★defeatsb/sth to win against sb in a war, competition, sports game, etc. 击败;战胜SYN
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◆He defeated the champion in three sets.他三盘击败了冠军。◆a defeated army败军2★defeatsth to stop sth from being successful 使失败;阻挠;挫败◆The motion was defeated by 19 votes.这项动议以 19 票反对被否决。◆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!3defeatsb ( formal) if sth defeatsyou, you cannot understand it 困惑;难住◆The instruction manual completely defeated me.这操作指南把我完全弄糊涂。noun★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。◆a narrow/heavy defeat惜败;惨败◆The world champion has only had two defeats in 20 fights.这个世界冠军在 20 场赛事中只败过两场。◆They finally had to admit defeat(= stop trying to be successful).他们最后只得认输。2★[countable , usually singular ]the act of winning a victory over sb/sth 击败;战胜◆the defeat of fascism战胜法西斯主义de·feat/dɪˈfiːt; NAmEdɪˈfiːt/
1failure to win or succeeddefeat in The socialist party suffered a crushing defeat in the elections. She was a woman who hated to admit defeat.2victory over someone or somethingdefeat of The defeat of the army was followed by the establishment of constitutional government.COLLOCATIONSverbssuffer a defeat (=be defeated)· The party suffered a defeat in the state elections.inflict a defeat on somebody (=defeat someone, especially easily)· The army inflicted a heavy defeat on the English.admit defeat· If I left my job, I would be admitting defeat.accept defeat· It can be very hard to accept defeat.concede defeat (=formally accept that you have lost in a game, election etc)· His opponent conceded defeat.face defeat (=be likely to be defeated)· In May 1945 Germany faced defeat at the hands of the Allies.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + defeata big/bad defeat (also a heavy defeat British English) (=by a large amount)· The polls were forecasting a heavy defeat for the president.a crushing/resounding defeat (=a complete defeat, by a very large amount)· He quit as prime minister following a crushing defeat in regional elections.a humiliating defeat (=very embarrassing)· They are still bitter about their humiliating defeat.a disastrous defeat (=very big, and with a very bad result)· The party suffered a disastrous defeat in the 2006 election.a narrow defeat (=by a small amount)· The goalkeeper was blamed for the team’s narrow defeat.an election/electoral defeat· It was their worst general election defeat since 1982.a military defeat· The president resigned following a series of military defeats.a shock defeat British English (=very unexpected)· Arsenal are now out of the competition, following their shock defeat by Torquay Town.
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1to win a victory over someone in a war, competition, game etcSYN beat: They hoped to defeat the enemy at sea.defeat somebody by something We were defeated by 3 goals to 2.► see thesaurus at
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RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say beat rather than defeat when talking about sport, games, or elections:· We were beaten by 3 goals to 2.2if something defeats you, you cannot understand it and therefore cannot answer or deal with itSYN beat: It was the last question on the paper that defeated me.3to make something faildefeat the object/purpose (of the exercise) Don’t let your arms relax as that would defeat the object of the exercise.
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[dɪˈfi:t]defeated, defeating, defeats
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击败(49%),战胜(35%),挫败(10%),败北(5%),使...不能实现(1%)
n.失败的事实;击败的行为
vt.击败,战胜;挫败;使…失败
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