win1 /wɪn/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp won /wʌn/, present participle winning) 1 competition/race 竞争/比赛 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]WIN to be the best or most successful in a competition, game, election etc 〔在竞赛、游戏、选举等中〕获胜,赢 OPP losewin a race/a game/an election etc Who do you think will win the next election? 你认为谁会在下一次竞选中获胜?
He won the Tour de France last year. 去年他在环法自行车大赛中获胜。
win a war/battle the young pilots who won the Battle of Britain 打赢不列颠之战的年轻飞行员们
Who’s winning (=who is most successful at this point in the game)? 现在谁领先?
win at I never win at cards. 我打牌从来不赢。
win by 10 points/70 metres etc We won by just one point. 我们只赢了一分。
2 prize 奖(品) [transitiveT]GETWIN to get something as a prize for winning in a competition or game 赢得,获得〔奖品等〕 How does it feel to have won the gold medal? 获得金牌的感觉如何?
She won £160 on the lottery. 她买彩票中了160英镑。
win something for somebody the man who helped win the Cup for Arsenal 帮助阿森纳队赢得足总杯赛的男人
3 get/achieve 取得/获得 [transitiveT]GET to get something that you want because of your efforts or abilities 〔经努力或凭能力〕获得,取得〔某物〕 SYN gainwin somebody’s approval/support/trust etc The proposal has won the approval of the city council. 这项提议获得了市政会的批准。
Kramer has certainly won the respect of his peers. 克雷默无疑赢得了同侪的尊敬。
win somebody’s heart (=make them love you or feel sympathy for you) 赢得某人的心
The company has won a contract to build a new power plant outside Houston. 公司得到了在休斯敦城外建造一座新发电厂的合同。
win something from somebody Davis hopes to win financial backing from a London investment firm. 戴维斯希望获得伦敦一家投资公司的资助。
4 make SB win STH 使某人赢得某物 [transitiveT] if something, usually something that you do, wins you something, you win it or get it because of that thing 〔某事〕让某人赢得…win somebody something That performance won Hanks an Oscar. 汉克斯凭借在那部影片中的表演赢得了一项奥斯卡奖。
That kind of behaviour won’t win you any friends. 那样的行为不会让你交到任何朋友。
5 you win spokenAGREE used to agree to what someone wants after you have tried to persuade them to do something else 算你赢〔用于因说服不了对方而同意对方的要求时〕 OK, you win – we’ll go to the movies. 好吧,算你赢——我们看电影去。
you win• OK, you win - we'll go to the movies. 6 you can’t win spokenPROBLEM used to say that there is no satisfactory way of dealing with a particular situation 没法子〔用于表示没有令人满意的方法处理某情况〕 You can’t win, can you? You either work late and upset your family, or go home early and risk your job. 你没有办法,是吧?你要么工作到很晚,让家里人不高兴;要么冒着失业的危险早早回家去。
7. you can’t win them all (also you win some, you lose some) spokenSYMPATHIZE used to show sympathy when someone has had a disappointing experience 你不可能事事都成功,有得必有失〔用于安慰别人〕 8 win or lose informal no matter whether you win or lose 不管输赢,无论成败 Win or lose, I love competitive sports. 无论胜负,我就是喜欢竞技性的体育运动。
9 win the day WINto finally be successful in a discussion or argument 〔在讨论或争论中〕最终获得胜利 SYN triumph Common sense won the day, and the plans were dropped. 常理占了上风,计划取消了。
win the day• Defiance feels good, but it won't win the day.• Their persuasiveness will win the day.• And so all would have been lost and death would have won the day.• But the idea won the day.• By noon he had obtained Nate's approval and had won the day.• In effect, Joyce and National Socialism were to win the day.• The eunuchs have won the day.• The second touchdown, though, is what actually won the day.• On this occasion the strikers won the day and were given a pay increase of 20%.• Did defiance win the day for Jack? → win the toss at toss2(1), winner, winningn COLLOCATIONSnounswin a raceHe should have won that race but he came third.
win a game/matchIt’s supposed to be easier to win your home games.
win a competitionThe competition was won by a team from Surrey.
win an electionWhich party is likely to win the election?
win a battle/warWho won the battle of Waterloo?
win a victoryThe protesters have won one victory already.
adverbseasilyChavez won the election easily.
comfortably (=by a large amount, so that you do not have to worry about winning)The Celtics won comfortably, with a 22-point lead.
convincingly (=by a large amount)United won convincingly by three goals to nil.
outright (=clearly and completely)If one candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote, he will win the seat outright.
narrowly (=by only a small amount)In 1916 he narrowly won re-election.
hands down (=very easily or by a large amount)Everyone expected Sam to win hands down.
phraseswin by 10 points/ten metres etcWe won by 23 points.
a winning streak (=when you win many competitions one after another)They came here with a four-game winning streak.
THESAURUSwin to be the best or most successful in a competition, game, election etc 赢,获胜Italy won the World Cup in 2006. 意大利队获2006年世界杯冠军。
He has a realistic chance of winning the Championship. 他夺冠是有实际可能性的。
come first/be first to win a race or competition 获得第一名Our team came first. 我们队获第一名。
Jo was first in the race and I was second. 乔在比赛中得了第一名,我得了第二名。
finish in first place (also come in first) to win a race, competition, or election 获得第一,排名第一The Democratic candidate finished in first place. 民主党候选人排名第一。
I couldn’t believe it when the horse I chose came in first. 我选中的那匹马竟然得了第一,我都不敢相信是真的。
triumph written to win a great victory, especially after a long and difficult battle, game etc 获胜,成功〔尤指经过漫长、艰难的战斗、比赛等取得大胜〕Britain triumphed over its enemies. 英国战胜了敌人。
In the end, the Yankees triumphed. 最后,扬基队获胜。
come out on top informal to win a game, competition, argument etc 获胜,赢United came out on top after a thrilling game. 经过一场激动人心的比赛,联队赢得了胜利。
They did a survey and the Swedish car-maker came out on top. 他们做了个调查,瑞典汽车制造商名列前茅。
nIf you try to argue with him, he always comes out on top.
be leading/be in the lead to be winning a game, race, election etc at the moment 领先The High School team are leading with sixty points. 高中队领先60分。
With only two minutes left to play, we were still in the lead. 比赛只剩两分钟,我们仍然领先。
be ahead to be doing better than someone else in a game, competition, or election 领先,占优He’s still fifty seconds ahead of his nearest rival. 他仍领先于他最接近的对手50秒。
A week before the election, they were still ahead in the polls. 大选一周前他们仍在民意测验中领先。
nsomeone who wins somethingwinner the person or thing that wins a race, competition etcA prize of £500 will be awarded to the winner.
the winning team/player/horse etc the one that winsThe winning team will go through to the grand final in Milan.
champion (also the title holder American EnglishAmE) someone who has won a competition, especially in sportHe became the heavyweight boxing champion.
10 win somebody/something ↔ back phrasal verbphr v GETto succeed in getting back something or someone that you had before 重新获得〔某物或某人〕,把…赢回来 SYN regain How can I win back her trust? 我怎样才能重新赢得她的信任?
11 win out phrasal verbphr v SUCCEED IN DOING somethingto finally succeed or defeat other people or things 终于成功 over Often presentation wins out over content (=is treated as more important than content). 形式往往重于内容。
win over• Style wins out over substance all the time, everywhere.• Style wins out over substance too often in Hollywood movies.• Ultimately, the cornfields of Lawrence won out over the palm trees of Westwood.• It remains to be seen whether the archaeologists will win out over the urban planners. 12 win somebody ↔ over (also win somebody ↔ round British English) phrasal verbphr v PERSUADEto get someone’s support or friendship by persuading them or being nice to them 〔通过劝说或示好以〕获得〔某人的支持或友谊〕,把〔某人〕争取过来 We’ll be working hard over the next ten days to win over the undecided voters. 我们将在接下来的十天好好努力,把犹豫未决的选民争取过来。
win over• We do not like what was done to us and we shall keep coming to conference until we win.• The aim was, no doubt, to win them over and thereby weaken the Puritan opposition.• UMass has won eight straight over Duquesne, including three last year and three during the 1993-94 season.• My charm wins them all over in the end.• The win smoothed over some awkward team relations.• Ultimately, the cornfields of Lawrence won out over the palm trees of Westwood.• The guerrillas are well disciplined, and intent on winning villagers over to their cause.• But Morning Mourning won her over to this latest preoccupation. 13 win through phrasal verbphr v especially British EnglishBrE SUCCEED IN DOING somethingto finally succeed in spite of problems 〔经历困难后〕终于成功 SYN triumph As in most of his films, it’s the good guys who win through in the end. 正如在他的大多数电影里一样,好人最终获得胜利。