defeat

[US]/dɪˈfiːt/
[UK]/dɪˈfiːt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 击败,战胜;使失败
n. 失败;战胜
Word Forms
现在分词defeating
过去式defeated
第三人称单数defeats
复数defeats
过去分词defeated

Phrases & Collocations

suffer defeat

遭受失败

accept defeat

接受失败

experience defeat

经历失败

admit defeat

承认失败

taste defeat

尝到失败的滋味

Example Sentences

convert defeat into victory

转败为胜

the defeat of a lifelong dream.

毕生梦想的破灭

take a defeat with true sportsmanship

输了不气馁

a 1–0 defeat by Grimsby.

1比0被格林斯比打败。

to recuperate after a defeat

从挫折中恢复

Garibaldi defeated the Neapolitan army.

加里波第击败了那不勒斯军队。

defeated the incumbent in a close election.

在一场势均力敌的选举中击败在职者

the party was narrowly defeated in the elections.

这个党派在选举中以微弱劣势败北。

the rebirth of a defeated nation.

战败民族的复兴。

they defeated them in the semi.

他们在半决赛中击败了他们。

Everton were staring defeat in the face.

埃弗顿正处于失败的边缘。

jeer at a defeated enemy

嘲弄战败的敌人

bring defeat upon oneself

招致失败

They were staring defeat in the face.

他们避免不了失败。

read defeat in the slump of his shoulders.

从他肩膀的无力下垂上可以看出他失败了

the stigma of ignominious defeat;

失败的污点;

Real-world Examples

What of his famous defeat of Grindelwald?

他击败格林沃迪的那次著名事件呢?

Source: 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

And we will ultimately and expeditiously defeat this virus.

我们最终将迅速击败这种病毒。

Source: CNN Listening Compilation April 2020

That is why we will defeat this coronavirus and defeat it together.

这就是为什么我们能一起战胜冠状病毒。

Source: Boris Johnson's Speech Collection

For some commentators, this amounted to a defeat.

有些评论员认为这相当于失败告终。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

" A man can be destroyed but not defeated."

" 一个人可以被毁灭,但不能给打败。"

Source: The Old Man and the Sea

Trump charged with plotting to overturn election defeat.

特朗普被控密谋推翻选举失败。

Source: Learn English by following hot topics.

To bite the dust can mean suffering defeat.

所以,bite the dust可以指遭受失败。

Source: VOA Slow English - Word Stories

In me is thy own defeat of self.

在我里面是你自身的破灭。

Source: Selected Poems of Tagore

They have to be defeated ideologically and politically.

还要在意识形态和政治上击败这样的恐怖组织。

Source: CNN Listening Collection May 2019

They reason about how best to defeat me.

它们推算怎样才能最彻底地打败我。

Source: Yale University Open Course: Death (Audio Version)

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