defeat是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to win against someone in a fight, war, or competition -- 击败，打败，战胜

  • Napoleon was defeated by the Duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo. 拿破仑在滑铁卢战役中被惠灵顿公爵击败。

  • They defeated the Italian team and reached the final. 他们打败了意大利队，晋身决赛。

  • The proposal to change the rules was narrowly defeated (= by a very small number) by 201 votes to 196. 变更规则的提案以196票对201票的微弱劣势未获通过。

  • Our ambitions for this tournament have been defeated by the weather. 天气使我们赢得锦标赛的雄心壮志落空了。

  • I'm afraid anything that involves language learning has always defeated me (= I have been unable to do it). 恐怕凡是与语言学习沾边的事都会把我难倒。

• 1 the fact of losing against someone in a fight or competition, or when someone or something is made to fail -- 失败；战败；落败

  • In the last election, they suffered a crushing/humiliating defeat. 在上次大选中，他们一败涂地。

  • After their defeat in battle, the soldiers surrendered. 士兵们在战斗中被打败后就投降了。

  • She admitted/conceded defeat well before all the votes had been counted. 选票统计远未完成，她就承认竞选失败了。

  • I thought I could fix the radio myself, but I had to admit defeat. 本以为自己可以修好收音机，但是我不得不承认自己不行。