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defeat

Word family 
de·feat1 /dɪˈfiːt/ ●●● W3 noun [countableC, uncountableU]  
1  BEAT/DEFEATfailure to win or succeed 失败
defeat in
 The socialist party suffered a crushing defeat in the elections.
社会党在选举中遭遇惨败。
 She was a woman who hated to admit defeat.
她是个不愿认输的女人。
2  BEAT/DEFEATvictory over someone or something 战胜，击败
defeat of
 The defeat of the army was followed by the establishment of constitutional government.
打败军队后建立了立宪政体。
 COLLOCATIONS
verbs
suffer a defeat (=be defeated) 遭遇失败
The party suffered a defeat in the state elections.
该党在州选举中遭遇失败。
inflict a defeat on somebody (=defeat someone, especially easily) 〔尤指轻易〕打败某人
The army inflicted a heavy defeat on the English.
这支军队重创英格兰军队。
admit defeat 认输
If I left my job, I would be admitting defeat.
要是我辞职的话就是认输了。
accept defeat 接受失败
It can be very hard to accept defeat.
接受失败相当难。
concede defeat (=formally accept that you have lost in a game, election etc) 〔在比赛、选举等中正式〕认输
His opponent conceded defeat.
他的对手认输了。
face defeat (=be likely to be defeated) 面临失败
In May 1945 Germany faced defeat at the hands of the Allies.
1945年5月,德军面临着败给盟军的局面。
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + defeat
a big/bad defeat (also a heavy defeat British EnglishBrE) (=by a large amount) 大败
The polls were forecasting a heavy defeat for the president.
民调预测总统将遭遇惨败。
a crushing/resounding defeat (=a complete defeat, by a very large amount) 一败涂地
He quit as prime minister following a crushing defeat in regional elections.
在地方选举一败涂地后,他辞去了首相职务。
a humiliating defeat (=very embarrassing) 耻辱的失败
They are still bitter about their humiliating defeat.
他们对于自己耻辱的失败仍愤愤不平。
a disastrous defeat (=very big, and with a very bad result) 惨败
The party suffered a disastrous defeat in the 2006 election.
该党在2006年大选中惨败。
a narrow defeat (=by a small amount) 惜败
The goalkeeper was blamed for the team’s narrow defeat.
球队的惜败归咎于守门员。
an election/electoral defeat 选举失利
It was their worst general election defeat since 1982.
这是他们自1982年以来输得最惨的一场大选。
a military defeat 军事失利
The president resigned following a series of military defeats.
一连串军事失利后,总统辞职了。
a shock defeat British EnglishBrE (=very unexpected) 意外失利
Arsenal are now out of the competition, following their shock defeat by Torquay Town.
阿森纳队意外败给托奎联后,现在被淘汰出局了。
Examples from the Corpus
defeat• A strike is a defeat - a defeat for all.• In previous decades this would signify certain defeat for the revolution.• an election defeat• After his third successive election defeat he decided to retire from politics.• It was the Christian Democratic Party's fourth successive electoral defeat.• Mr Taylor blamed bad publicity for his defeat by Mr Jones.• In the last game of the season they suffered a humiliating defeat, losing 7-0 to Real Madrid.• But they knew that it was a humiliating defeat.• She retired from the sport after suffering a series of humiliating defeats.• The captain offered no excuses for his team's humiliating defeat.• They would wipe out the shame of their ignominious defeat!• The New York Times described the withdrawal of troops as a resounding defeat for the government.• Scotland's defeat of Spain• Religious grumbles continued, but the Government's only serious defeat was over equal pay for women teachers.• The Bob Jones issue was one of the keys to Bush's equally stunning defeat in Michigan only three days later.• They came back from the defeat in Texas to take the next four games.• Once broken through, the door was not closed again until the defeat of the Huns at Chalons-sur-Marne in 451.• the defeat of Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo
defeat of• World leaders were pleased with the defeat of the military coup.
defeat2 ●●● W3 verb [transitiveT]  
1  BEAT/DEFEATto win a victory over someone in a war, competition, game etc 〔在战争、比赛等中〕战胜，打败 SYN beat
 They hoped to defeat the enemy at sea.
他们希望在海上击败敌人。
defeat somebody by something
 We were defeated by 3 goals to 2.
我们以2比3的比分败北。
► see thesaurus at beat
 Register
In everyday English, people usually say beat rather than defeat when talking about sport, games, or elections: 在日常英语中,人们谈论体育、比赛或选举时一般用 beat ,而不用 defeat
We were beaten by 3 goals to 2.
我们以2比3失利。
2  UNDERSTAND#if something defeats you, you cannot understand it and therefore cannot answer or deal with it 把〔某人〕难住 SYN beat
 It was the last question on the paper that defeated me.
考卷上的最后一道题把我难住了。
3  FAILto make something fail 使…失败
defeat the object/purpose (of the exercise)
 Don’t let your arms relax as that would defeat the object of the exercise.
手臂不要放松，否则达不到锻炼的目的。
Examples from the Corpus
defeat• When Jefferson defeated Adams for the presidency, Adams left town before the inauguration rather than shake hands with him.• They were finally defeated and no other enemy entered Attica as long as Theseus lived.• Polk of California was defeated by a Democratic challenger in the last election.• For the sixth consecutive year, Oxford defeated Cambridge today in the annual boat race.• Sanchez defeated Dornan by just 984 votes.• Though he had defeated heavyweight champion Sonny Liston and defended his title nine times, Ali never had a dramatic constituency before.• The Republicans were heavily defeated in the Spanish Civil War.• Normally my hearing loss isn't a problem, but the telephone defeats me.• In 1692, de Tourville's fleet was defeated near the coast of Cherbourg.• Eloquence alone was sufficient to defeat the motion.• The army was well-trained and well-armed, and had little difficulty defeating the rebels.• It was a lack of money, not effort, that defeated their plan.• That would enable the Harijans to nominate their bravest, most outspoken champions, and the Hindus could never defeat them.
defeat the object/purpose (of the exercise)• Water quality would not be improved because of the extra load on the system, which defeats the object.• This, of course, defeats the purpose for which the medication is being given.• This obviously defeated the purpose of bail, which is to assure that the defendant will appear in court.• Such a procedure, of course, defeats the object of classification.• If they become a chore, they defeat the purpose of helping the child to want to interact with you.• Hollows attract water, which obviously defeats the object of the exercise: to create a waterproof hat.• This anxiety will cause tension which defeats the purpose of the exercise.• They are defeating the purpose of the Peace Corps and they are unhappy.
Origin defeat2
(1300-1400) Anglo-French defeter “to destroy”, from Medieval Latin disfacere, from Latin facere “to do”
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2560 COCA: 3326
defeat

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + DEFEAT | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤complete, comprehensive, decisive, heavy, major, overwhelming, resounding, serious, stunning, total完全的／全面的／決定性的／沉重的／重大的／壓倒性的／徹底的／嚴重的／令人震驚的／總體的失敗◇Their party suffered a heavy defeat in the election.他們黨在選舉中遭受重大挫折。➤bitter, catastrophic, crushing, devastating, disastrous, embarrassing, humiliating, ignominious (formal) 痛苦的／慘痛的／毀滅性的／慘重的／災難性的／難堪的／恥辱的／不光彩的失敗◇The battle ended in a humiliating defeat.這場戰役以恥辱的失敗告終。➤narrow惜敗◇They lost 4-3 in their second narrow defeat of the week.他們以 3 比 4 的比分在本星期第二次惜敗。➤consecutive, successive連敗➤final, ultimate最終失敗▸➤election, electoral, political競選／選舉／政治上的失敗▸➤military軍事上的失敗VERB + DEFEAT➤accept, admit, concede接受失敗；承認失敗◇She is very determined, and will never admit defeat.她非常堅定，從不認輸。◇The prime minister conceded defeat and resigned.首相承認失敗並辭職。➤face面對失敗▸➤experience, suffer經歷／遭受失敗➤go down to, slump to (both BrE, sport體育) 慘遭失敗◇The team went down to their fifth consecutive defeat.該隊連續第五次失利。➤reverse (BrE) 扭轉敗局◇A good politician can always reverse any defeats.手段高明的政治家總能扭轉敗局。➤avoid免遭失敗◇We just need to avoid defeat in our last two games.我們只需在最後兩場比賽中避免失利即可。➤inflict擊敗◇The army inflicted a heavy defeat on rebel forces.軍隊大敗叛軍。➤end in以失敗告終▸➤lead to導致失敗PREPOSITION➤defeat against對⋯的失敗◇last week's crushing defeat against their rivals上星期對對手的慘敗➤defeat by被⋯打敗◇their defeat by the Brazilians他們被巴西隊打敗PHRASES➤defeat at the hands of sb敗在某人手下◇The team suffered defeat at the hands of their oldest rivals.這個隊敗在老對手的手下。➤turn defeat into a victory轉敗為勝◇They turned a military defeat into a media victory.他們把軍事上的失敗轉為媒體上的勝利。
defeat

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤comprehensively, convincingly, decisively, easily, handily, heavily, overwhelmingly, roundly, soundly, thoroughly全面擊敗；令人信服地打敗；決定性地打敗；輕鬆地打敗；重創；徹底打敗◇The English were decisively defeated by the rebels in the battle that followed.英格蘭人在之後的那場戰役中被叛軍打得慘敗。◇The senator was decisively defeated by his rivals.這位參議員被對手徹底擊敗。➤completely, totally徹底擊敗➤militarily軍事上擊敗◇He said it was impossible to defeat the terrorists militarily.他說軍事上打敗恐怖分子是不可能的。➤narrowly險勝◇Our team was narrowly defeated in the final.我們隊在決賽中惜敗。➤eventually, finally, ultimately最終打敗PREPOSITION➤by以⋯擊敗◇The motion was defeated by 20 votes to 18.動議以 20 票對 18 票的表決結果未獲通過。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2560 COCA: 3326
defeat verb
⇨ defeat (defeat an army) ⇨ confuse (a question defeats sb)defeat noun
⇨ victory defeat

verb

  ➡ See also the entry for win 另见win条defeat ♦︎ beat ♦︎ overcome ♦︎ vanquish ♦︎ get the better of sb ♦︎ rout ♦︎ trounce ♦︎ best ♦︎ prevail ♦︎ thrashThese words all mean to win against sb in sport or in a contest or conflict. 这些词均表示在比赛或对抗中战胜某人。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺 下图显示这些词所表达胜出的程度
get the better of sb➔defeat➔vanquish
bestbeatrout
prevailovercometrounce
thrash
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to defeat / beat / rout / trounce / thrash sb by 10 points / 4 goals, etc.◆to defeat / beat / overcome / vanquish / get the better of / rout / trounce / thrash an opponent◆to defeat / beat / overcome / vanquish / trounce a rival◆to defeat / beat / overcome / vanquish / rout an enemy◆to defeat / beat / vanquish a foe◆to finally defeat / beat / overcome / get the better of / rout sb◆to totally defeat / overwhelm / thrash sb◆to easily defeat / beat / overcome sb■ defeat [transitive] (especially written) to win against sb in a war, competition, sport or vote 战胜；击败◆The English were heavily defeated here by the Scots in 1314.1314年，英格兰人在这里惨败给苏格兰人。◆He defeated the champion in three sets.他胜了冠军三盘。◆The government was defeated by 200 votes to 83.投票结果是政府以83:200败北。▸ defeat

noun

 [countable, uncountable] ◆The battle ended in humiliating defeat.那次战斗以屈辱的失败告终。◆He was gracious in defeat, acknowledging his opponent's greater skill.面对失败他豁达大度，承认对手技高一筹。◆The Prime Minister conceded defeat and resigned.首相承认失败并辞职。◆They finally had to admit defeat (= stop trying to be successful).他们最后只得认输。 OPP victory ⇨ victory   see also defeat ⇨ victory ■ beat (beat, beaten) [transitive] (especially spoken) to win against sb in sport, a game, an election or a war 战胜；打败；赢◆He beat me at chess.他下棋赢了我。◆He was beaten into second place by the American.他输给了那个美国人，屈居第二。◆She beat him hands down (= easily).她轻而易举就打败了他。◆Their recent wins have proved that they're still the ones to beat (= the most difficult team to beat).他们最近的胜利证明，他们仍然是一支最难以战胜的队。NOTE 辨析 Defeat or beat? Defeat is more often used when talking about winning against one opponent in a particular contest or battle and finishing as the winner. * defeat更常指在特定的竞赛或战斗中战胜对手、赢得最终的胜利◆He defeated the incumbent president.他击败了现任总统。 Beat can be used to talk about winning against one opponent or several opponents in a game, competition or race. * beat可指在游戏、竞争或赛跑中战胜一个或多个对手◆She won the 100 metres, beating a number of top Europeans.她在一百米赛中获胜，战胜了几名顶尖的欧洲选手。 Beat is more common in everyday spoken language and defeat is used more in written language. * beat更常见于日常口语，defeat更多用于书面语。 ■ overcome ˌəʊvəˈkʌm; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈkʌm [transitive] (written) to defeat sb, especially when it is difficult （尤指艰难地）战胜；力克◆She overcame strong opposition to take the title.她力克强大的对手，夺得了冠军。◆In the final, Sweden easily overcame France.在决赛中，瑞典队轻松战胜了法国队。■ vanquish ˈvæŋkwɪʃ [transitive] (literary) to defeat sb completely in a war or competition 彻底击败；完全征服◆Government forces vanquished the rebels.政府军彻底击败了叛乱分子。■ get the better of sb

idiom

(getting, got, got; NAmE spoken getting, got, gotten) [intransitive] to defeat sb or gain an advantage over them in a fight, argument or contest 挫败（某人）；占上风◆No one can get the better of her in an argument.跟她辩论没有人能辩得过她。■ rout raʊt [transitive] (written) to defeat sb completely in a battle or contest 彻底击败；使溃败◆The Royalist forces were routed.保皇派军队被击溃。▸ rout

noun

 [singular] ◆The offensive into rebel-held territory had ended in a rout.对叛军领地的进攻以彻底失败告终。■ trounce traʊns [transitive] (written) to defeat sb completely, especially in a sport （尤指体育运动中）彻底打败，击溃◆Brazil trounced Italy 5-1 in the final.决赛时巴西队以5:1狂胜意大利队。■ best [transitive, usually passive] (formal) to defeat or be more successful than sb 打败；胜过◆A great colonial power was nearly bested by a few farmers.一个殖民强国差点儿被几个农场主打败。■ prevail prɪˈveɪl [intransitive] (formal) to defeat sb, especially after a long struggle （尤指长期斗争后）战胜，挫败◆Ultimately, Rome prevailed over her neighbours.最终，罗马战胜了周边邻国。◆In a one-sided final, Spain prevailed against title-holder Croatia 40-34.在一场实力悬殊的决赛中，西班牙队以40:34挫败了卫冕的克罗地亚队。  see also prevail ⇨ win ■ thrash [transitive] (especially BrE, informal) to defeat sb very easily in a sport or game （赛事中）轻易击败，一举战胜◆They were thrashed 5-0 in the League.他们在联赛中以0:5被彻底击败。
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