defeat是什么意思？

defeat

英[dɪˈfi:t] 美[dɪˈfit]

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

复数：defeats;

第三人称单数：defeats;

过去式：defeated;

过去分词：defeated;

现在分词：defeating;

例句

• They refused to resign themselves to defeat. 他们从不甘心失败。
• Everybody knew they could not save themselves from defeat there. 谁都知道他们无法摆脱在那里失败的命运。
• Defeat left her tearful, pale and drained. 她因遭受失败而眼含泪水、面色苍白、精疲力竭。
• The spectacle of Xerxes’s defeat tremendously reinforced the traditional conviction that pride goes before a fall. 泽克西斯战败的景象极其使人信服“骄兵必败”这句源远流长的老话。
• They soon went down in defeat. 他们很快就失败了。
• The team’s defeat is a salutary warning before the World Cup. 这次失利是在世界杯比赛之前对整个队的一个有益警示。
• to recuperate after a defeat 从挫折中恢复
• Defeat is unthinkable. 战败是不可能的。
• They ran riot through the town after the defeat of their team. 自己的球队输了以后, 他们在小镇上到处撒野。
• He prepared himself to accept defeat. 他做好认输的准备。

同义词

• vt.
  defeat的同义词之：战胜;打败
  triumph, win, conquer, beat, surpass, outdo, overcome,
• defeat的同义词之：其他释义
  floor, vanquish, destruction, downfall, thwart, win, prevail, fall, surmount, occupy, overpower, frustrate, overwhelm, trample, triumph, overcome,

反义词

• n.
  defeat的反义词之：失败,挫折
  victory,
• vt.
  defeat的反义词之：打败;挫败
  lose,
• defeat的反义词之：其他释义
  victory, triumph, conquest,

同义词解析

• 以下这些动词均包含 "征服，战胜" 的意思
  conquer：侧重战胜和控制。书面用词。
  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。
  overthrow：指彻底击败对手，使其丧失力量和地位。
  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。
  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。

英语六级真题

This might seem like the ultimate defeat for racism, but ignoring the race of certain select individuals—a phenomenon that psychologists call subtyping—also has an insidious (隐伏的) side.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  击败;战胜
  If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  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.
  例句
  The proposal was defeated by just one vote. 该提案仅以一票之差被否决。
• VERB
  (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.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  挫败(行动或计划);使落空
  To defeat an action or plan means to cause it to fail.
  例句
  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。
• N-VAR
  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.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  击败, 战胜
  Our football team defeated theirs this time. 这一次我们的足球队胜了他们的足球队。
  挫败, 使落空
  We've defeated moves to build another office block. 我们已否决另建一座办公大楼的动议。
  使困惑, 难住
  This kind of problems always defeats me. 我总是无法应付这类问题。
• n.
  战胜, 挫败
  That was regarded as an Iranian defeat of Iraq. 人们认为那是伊朗挫败了伊拉克。
  战败, 失败
  We had two defeats this year. 今年我们失败过两次。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an unsuccessful ending
  2. the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
• Verb
  1. win a victory over;
  "You must overcome all difficulties""defeat your enemies""He overcame his shyness""She conquered here fear of mice""He overcame his infirmity""Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
  2. thwart the passage of;
  "kill a motion""he shot down the student's proposal"

行业词典

• 体育： 打败；失败；战胜；负；