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。
2BEAT/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 defeatBritish 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 defeatBritish 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 previousdecades this would signifycertaindefeat for the revolution.• an electiondefeat• After his thirdsuccessive election defeat he decided to retire from politics.• It was the ChristianDemocratic Party's fourth successive electoraldefeat.• Mr Taylor blamed bad publicity for his defeat by Mr Jones.• In the last game of the season they suffered a humiliatingdefeat, 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 ignominiousdefeat!• The New York Times described the withdrawal of troops as a resoundingdefeat for the government.• Scotland's defeat of Spain• Religiousgrumbles continued, but the Government's only seriousdefeat was over equal pay for women teachers.• The Bob Jones issue was one of the keys to Bush's equally stunningdefeat 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
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。
2UNDERSTAND#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.
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 enemyentered Attica as long as Theseus lived.• Polk of California was defeated by a Democratic challenger in the last election.• For the sixthconsecutive year, Oxforddefeated Cambridge today in the annualboatrace.• Sanchez defeated Dornan by just 984 votes.• Though he had defeatedheavyweightchampionSonny Liston and defended his title nine times, Ali never had a dramaticconstituency before.• The Republicans were heavily defeated in the SpanishCivil War.• Normally my hearing loss isn't a problem, but the telephonedefeats 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 difficultydefeating 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 extraload 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.• Hollowsattract water, which obviously defeats the object of the exercise: to create a waterproofhat.• This anxiety will cause tension which defeats the purpose of the exercise.• They are defeating the purpose of the PeaceCorps and they are unhappy.
Origindefeat2
(1300-1400)Anglo-Frenchdefeter“to destroy”, from Medieval Latindisfacere, from Latinfacere“to do”