Mr Wallace tries to co-opt rather than defeat his critics.是什么意思？

Mr Wallace tries to co-opt rather than defeat his critics.

华莱士先生竭力拉拢而不是击败他的批评者们。

Mr

abbr. Mister 先生，Master 少爷，Mother 母亲，molecular radius 分子半径；

例句
According to police accounts, Mr and Mrs Hunt were found dead on the floor of their kitchen.
据警方称，亨特夫妇被发现死在家里厨房的地板上。

Wallace

n. 华莱士(m.)；

例句
Speeches delivered by Mr Dewar and Mr Wallace indicated their views were converging...
杜瓦先生和华莱士先生发表的讲话表明他们的观点越来越接近了。

tries

v. 试图，努力（ try的第三人称单数 ），考验，磨炼，审讯；

例句
...a comedy about a man who tries to civilise a woman—but she ends up civilising him...
一出有关一个男人试图教化一个女人，结果反而被那个女人教化的喜剧

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

rather

adv. 稍微，有点，相当，颇，宁愿，相反地；int. 当然啦，怎么不；

例句
These wines may taste rather hard and somewhat acid.
这些酒可能喝着比较冲并且有股酸味。

than

conj. 比（用于比较级），宁愿…而不愿，除…以外，一…就；prep. 超过，比；

例句
...more than a thousand acres of land.
1,000多英亩地

defeat

vt. 击败，战胜，挫败，[法]宣告无效，作废；n. 战胜，失败，[法]废除；

例句
...the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588.
西班牙无敌舰队1588年的战败

his

pron. (he的所有格)他的，(he的物主代词)他的东西；det. 属于他的，用于名词前，自己的，指某人的，上帝的；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

critics

n. 批评家( critic的名词复数 )，评论员，批评者，挑剔的人；

例句
Instead of beefing about what Mrs Martin has not done, her critics might take a look at what she is trying to do.
批评者不要老是抱怨马丁太太没有做什么事情，不妨看看她正要做什么事情。