defeat

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n. 败北, 失败 vt. 击败, 使落空

发音

US /dɪˈfiːt/

词形变化

defeats 复数 defeats defeated defeatedst defeateth defeating defeats 三单 defeating 现在分词 defeated 过去式 defeated 过去分词 defeatest defeatedst 过去式 defeateth 三单 defeated 复数

教材释义与例句

名词

失败的事实；击败的行为

failure to win or succeed

动词

击败，战胜；挫败；使…失败

to win a victory over someone in a war, competition, game etc

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.

    败仗

    败北

    可数 不可数

    Licking their wounds after a temporary defeat, they planned their next move.

  2. 2.

    The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.

    可数 不可数

    The inscription records her defeat of the country's enemies in a costly war.

  3. 3.

    Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    Destruction, ruin.

    可数 废旧 不可数
v. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To overcome in battle or contest.

    打败

    赢

    吊打

    及物

    Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.

  2. 2.

    To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To nullify

    及物
  4. 4.

    To prevent (something) from being achieved.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

frustration licking

反义词 1

victory

上位词 6

finish failure ending conclusion disappointment letdown

下位词 10

slaughter skunk whipping lurch thrashing debacle heartbreaker whitewash rout shut out
动词

同义词 6

kill overcome get the better of shoot down vote down vote out

上位词 4

win negative veto blackball

下位词 10

down upset destroy nose survive conquer skunk expel overrun lurch

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English defet, from French deffet, desfait, past participle of the verb desfaire (compare modern French défaire), from des- + faire.

来源：wiktionary