defeat
音标发音
- 英式音标 [dɪˈfiːt]
- 美式音标 [dɪˈfiːt]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- v. 击败；挫败（某人）；阻止达成（目的）；反对（动议或提议）；（使）无法理解；（使）无效
- n. 失败；战胜
词源解说
- 直接源自中古英语的defeten；最初源自古法语的desfait，意为使做不成。
词根记忆
- 击败(defeat)敌人，战绩(feat)累累
用法辨析
- defeat的基本意思是用武力或智谋“打败”“使屈服”,表示“占上风”,含有可能只是暂时挫败或牵制对方的意味。引申可以表示“难住”。
- defeat是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
- defeat用作名词的基本意思是表示“战胜”的行为。从胜方角度看可表示“战胜”; 从败方角度看可表示“战败”。具体译法根据上下文特别是谓语动词而定。
- defeat表示“失败”时,是不可数名词; 表示“失败的事例”时,是可数名词。
- defeat既作类名词，也可作抽象名词，如a defeat（一次挫败）和in defeat（挫败）；
- defeat后接不同的介词时，表示不同意思。例如his defeat of the enemy表示“他打败敌人”，his defeat by the enemy表示“他被敌人打败”，而his defeat表示“他被别人打败”。
v. (动词)
n. (名词)
英汉例句
- I defeated John at chess yesterday.
昨天我和约翰下棋,赢了他。 - This defeat lessens our chances of winning the championship.
这次失败使我们夺取冠军的希望变得更加渺茫。
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
用作名词 (n.)
词组短语
- 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
- defeat absolutely 完全击败
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词
～+副词
英英字典
- to win against someone in a fight, war, or competition
- the fact of losing against someone in a fight or competition, or when someone or something is made to fail
- If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
- If a proposal or motion in a debate is defeated, more people vote against it than for it.
- If a task or a problem defeats you, it is so difficult that you cannot do it or solve it.
- To defeat an action or plan means to cause it to fail.
- Defeat is the experience of being beaten in a battle, game, or contest, or of failing to achieve what you wanted to.
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柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 失败
The defeat of the Opium War that was from 1840 to 1842 broke the pattern of Chinese foreign affairs under the "Li-fan" system, and produced tremendous impacts on the Qing government’s diplomatic theories and systems.
1840—1842年鸦片战争的失败打破了中国“理藩”体制下的对外格局，并从思想到体制上对清政府产生了巨大的影响。法学
- 无效；废除；败诉
- 使无效，使作废，废除；使败诉：
- 失利
- 击败
- 战胜