defeat是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to win against someone in a fight, war, or competition -- 擊敗，打敗，戰勝

  • Napoleon was defeated by the Duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo. 拿破倫在滑鐵盧戰役中被威靈頓公爵擊敗。

  • They defeated the Italian team and reached the final. 他們打敗了義大利隊，晉身決賽。

  • The proposal to change the rules was narrowly defeated (= by a very small number) by 201 votes to 196. 變更規則的提案以196票對201票的微弱劣勢未獲通過。

  • Our ambitions for this tournament have been defeated by the weather. 天氣使我們贏得錦標賽的雄心壯志落空了。

  • I'm afraid anything that involves language learning has always defeated me (= I have been unable to do it). 恐怕凡是與語言學習沾邊的事都會把我難倒。

• 1 the fact of losing against someone in a fight or competition, or when someone or something is made to fail -- 失敗；戰敗；落敗

  • In the last election, they suffered a crushing/humiliating defeat. 在上次大選中，他們一敗塗地。

  • After their defeat in battle, the soldiers surrendered. 士兵們在戰鬥中被打敗後就投降了。

  • She admitted/conceded defeat well before all the votes had been counted. 選票統計遠未完成，她就承認競選失敗了。

  • I thought I could fix the radio myself, but I had to admit defeat. 本以為自己可以修好收音機，但是我不得不承認自己不行。