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；

变形

复数：defeats过去式：defeated过去分词：defeated现在分词：defeating第三人称单数：defeats

双语释义

v.(动词)

1. vt. 击败,战胜overcome
2. vt. 使挫败,使落空 win a victory over; stop (hopes, aims, etc.) from becoming reality

n.(名词)

1. [U]战胜,挫败 the act of defeating
2. [U][C]战败,失败 the act of state of being defeated

英英释义

defeat

• n.
  • an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

    "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"

    同义词：licking

  • the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

    同义词：frustration

• v.
  • win a victory over

    "defeat your enemies"

    同义词：get the better ofovercome

  • thwart the passage of

    同义词：killshoot downvote downvote out

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

• defeat aggressors打败侵略者
• defeat drought战胜干旱
• defeat English team击败英格兰队
• defeat one's opponents击败对手
• defeat these arguments驳倒这些论据

～+副词

• defeat absolutely完全击败
• defeat badly惨败
• defeat completely彻底失败
• defeat decisively彻底击败
• defeat finally最终被击败
• defeat gloriously虽败犹荣
• defeat logically情理之中地击败
• defeat subsequently接着被击败
• defeat successively接连被击败
• defeat thoroughly彻底击败
• defeat totally彻底击败
• defeat utterly完全击败

～+介词

• defeat sb at football在足球比赛中击败某人
• defeat by以…战胜
• defeat by three goals to one以三比一的比分战胜
• defeat in a match在比赛中战胜
• defeat in badminton在羽毛球赛中打输了
• defeat in one's design计划落空
• defeat in one's purpose未达到目的
• defeat in one's scheme阴谋破产
• defeat sb of an inheritance剥夺某人的继承权
• defeat sb of ultimate由于坏脾气使某人不能取得胜利
• defeat through having no reinforcements由于无援军而被打败

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• acknowledge defeat承认失败
• admit defeat承认失败
• bring defeat遭到失败
• court defeat自讨失败
• inflict defeat击败
• invite defeat招致失败,自取灭亡
• know no defeat不屈不挠,不服输
• meet defeat面临失败
• suffer defeat遭受失败
• sustain defeat遭到失败,遭受挫折

形容词+～

• complete defeat彻底失败
• crushing defeat一败涂地
• decisive defeat决定性的失败
• disheartening defeat令人沮丧的失败
• expensive defeat付出高昂代价的失败
• heavy defeat大败
• humiliating defeat可耻的失败
• ignominious defeat可耻的失败
• inevitable defeat必然的失败,不可避免的失败
• inglorious defeat不光彩的失败
• insignificant defeat小小的失败〔挫折〕
• irretrievable defeat无法挽救的失败
• resounding defeat彻底的失败
• serious defeat严重的失败
• severe defeat惨败
• shameful defeat可耻的失败
• successive defeat接连的失败
• terrible defeat严重受挫
• total defeat完全失败
• unexpected defeat未预料到的失败,出乎意外的失败
• utter defeat完全失败

～+介词

• defeat at sb's hands败于某人手下
• defeat in battle战斗失败
• defeat in game比赛失败

词组短语

suffer defeat遭受失败

同近义词辨析

defeat, beat, overcome, conquer, subdue, overthrow

这组词都有“征服，战胜”的意思，其区别是：

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。

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。

conquer侧重战胜和控制。书面用词。

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。

overthrow指彻底击败对手，使其丧失力量和地位。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. He was depressed by his defeat.
   失败让他沮丧。
2. This defeat was a powerful blow to the enemy.
   这次失败是对敌人的有力的打击。
3. The news of army's defeat cast a gloom over the town.
   军队败北的消息给小城蒙上了一层忧郁。
4. They are still wailing over their defeat.
   他们仍在为比赛失利而悲叹。

用作及物动词(vt.)

1. It was a sound strategy to defeat the enemy.
   那是战胜敌人的良策。
2. The naval captain defeated Napoleon in the battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and stopped him from invading England.
   这位海军将领在1805年的特拉法格海战中击败了拿破仑的军队,从而阻止了他入侵英国。
3. I believe nothing can defeat you.
   我相信什么都打不垮你的。
4. The test completely defeated me.
   这个测试完全难倒了我。

权威例句

Repeated social-defeat stress, cocaine or morphine
The perfectionist script for self-defeat
The perfectionist's script for self-defeat
Throttling viruses: restricting propagation to defeat malicious mobile code
Throttling Viruses: Restricting propagation to defeat malicious mobile code
Changes in public attitudes to depression during the Defeat Depression Campaign.
Repeated social defeat increases the bactericidal activity of splenic macrophages through a Toll-like receptor-dependent pathway.
Taint-enhanced policy enforcement: a practical approach to defeat a wide range of attacks
Lay people's attitudes to treatment of depression: results of opinion poll for Defeat Depression Campaign just before its launch
β-Adrenergic Receptor Antagonism Prevents Anxiety-Like Behavior and Microglial Reactivity Induced by Repeated Social Defeat