defeat
- vt.击败;使失败;战胜;挫败;阻挠;使困惑;难住
- n.击败;失败;战胜;战败;挫败
复数： defeats 过去式： defeated 现在分词： defeating 过去分词： defeated 第三人称单数： defeats
de- 离开,向下 + feat- 做,制作
defeatverb
击败；战胜
to win against sb in a war, competition, sports game, etc.
He defeated the champion in three sets.
他三盘击败了冠军。
a defeated army
败军
使困惑；难住
if sth defeats you, you cannot understand it
The instruction manual completely defeated me.
这操作指南把我完全弄糊涂了。
使失败；阻挠；挫败
to stop sth from being successful
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！
noun
失败；战败；挫败
failure to win or to be successful
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场拳击赛中只败过两场。
They finally had to admit defeat (= stop trying to be successful) .
他们最后只得认输。
击败；战胜
the act of winning a victory over sb/sth
the defeat of fascism
战胜法西斯主义
defeat
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VERB 击败;战胜
If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.His guerrillas defeated the colonial army in 1954...
1954 年他领导的游击队打败了殖民军队。
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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.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 (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.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 挫败(行动或计划);使落空
To defeat an action or plan means to cause it to fail.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。
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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.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。
noun
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- an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
- it was a narrow defeat
- the army's only defeat
- they suffered a convincing licking
- Synonym: licking
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- the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
- Synonym: frustration
verb
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- win a victory over
- You must overcome all difficulties
- defeat your enemies
- He overcame his shyness
- He overcame his infirmity
- Her anger got the better of her and she blew up
- Synonym: get the better of overcome
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- thwart the passage of
- kill a motion
- he shot down the student's proposal
- Synonym: kill shoot down vote down vote out
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The zenith of Perugia 's influence came with the defeat of Siena in 1358 .
1358年击败锡耶纳之后佩鲁贾的影响力达到了顶峰。
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After defeat of the new competitor , the prices can rise again .
新的竞争者被击败之后，价格就会重新上升。
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The team suffered a shock defeat in the first round .
球队首轮失利，十分意外。
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You must learn to accept defeat with good grace .
你必须学会欣然承认失败。
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If you 're late , you 'll defeat the whole object of the exercise .
如果你迟到了，便不能达到整个活动的目的。
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Why don 't you just admit defeat and let someone else try ?
你干吗不干脆承认自己不行，让别人来试试？
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Her first defeat was an early lesson in humility .
她的第一次失败使她很早便懂得了谦逊。
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Large numbers of soldiers deserted as defeat became inevitable .
战败已成定局，许多士兵开小差跑了。
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The defeat last night killed the team 's chances of qualifying .
昨晚的失败使这个队失去了获得资格的机会。
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The team wanted to get revenge for their defeat earlier in the season .
球队想要为这个赛季早先的失败雪耻。
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The match rated as one of their worst defeats .
这次比赛可以说是他们最为惨重的一次失败。
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After its election defeat , the party needs to regroup .
选举失败后，这个党需要改组。
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The world champion has only had two defeats in 20 fights .
这个世界冠军在20场拳击赛中只败过两场。
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They are still smarting from the 4 – 0 defeat last week .
他们仍为上星期0:4惨败而难过。
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The team crashed to their worst defeat this season .
那支队遭受了本赛季最严重的一次惨败。
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A defeat in the second round marked the end of the line for last year 's champion .
第二轮的失利表明去年的冠军得主已卫冕无望。
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The party faces defeat in the election .
这个党面临选举失败。
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In spite of many defeats , they still had plenty of fight left in them .
他们尽管多次失败，但仍然斗志昂扬。
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He has not yet learned how to be gracious in defeat .
他还没有学会怎样豁达大度地面对失败。
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They crashed out of the World Cup after a 2-1 defeat to Brazil .
他们以1:2输给巴西之后在世界杯赛中被淘汰出局。
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They finally had to admit defeat .
他们最后只得认输。
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Our defeat was expected but it is disappointing nevertheless .
我们的失败是意料中的事，尽管如此，还是令人失望。
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Our confidence in the team has been seriously undermined by their recent defeats .
该队最近的几次失败已严重动摇了我们对他们的信心。
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After his election defeat he was reassigned to the diplomatic service .
落选之后，他又被派到外交部门工作。
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They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team .
他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。
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The instruction manual completely defeated me .
这操作指南把我完全弄糊涂了。
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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！
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He suffered a stunning defeat in the election .
他在选举中惨败。
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He was jettisoned as team coach after the defeat .
他因这次失败被撤销了运动队教练职务。
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He was magnanimous in defeat and praised his opponent 's skill .
他对失败表现得很洒脱，并且赞扬了对手的才能。
常指在战争、比赛、竞争等中战胜对手。
Our army defeated the enemy in that decisive battle.
在那场决定性战役中，我军击败了敌军。
The team defeated their opponents.
这个球队将对手一一击败。
作此义解时，常可与 defeat 换用。
The Arsenal were beaten/defeated, 3 - 1.
阿森纳队以1比3告负。
The Conservatives beat/defeated their opponents in the election.
保守党在选举中击败对手。
指彻底战败对手等；在国际象棋中也指把国王将死。
She hoped that she could checkmate her opponents.
她希望能彻底战胜对手。
The king was checkmated and so the player lost the game.
王被将死，棋手输了这盘棋。
指做某事时未能达成目标，也可指不成功的人或事。
Their action ended in failure.
他们的行动以失败而告终。
She felt she was a failure in the others' eyes.
她觉得在别人眼中自己是个失败的人。
His election campaign was a complete failure.
他的竞选活动完全失败。
多指在与某一方的对抗中所遭遇的失败，如在战争、比赛、竞选等中的失利，也可泛指未能做成某事。
a narrow defeat
惜败
The commander admitted defeat in the battle.
指挥官承认此次战役失败了。
指让人十分难堪或失望的彻底失败。
His first audition was a fiasco.
他第一次试镜彻底失败。
He hoped that the supper his girlfriend made would not be a fiasco.
他希望女朋友做的晚饭不会完全无法下咽。
指不受欢迎的产品、电影、戏剧等。
The flop of the novel discouraged the writer.
小说的失败让作者非常沮丧。
The monotonous dialogue made the film a complete flop.
单调的对白使这部电影一败涂地。