| 单词 | defeat |
| 释义 | defeatdefeatsdefeateddefeatingdefeatdefeat2 verb [transitive]1to win a victory over someone in a war, competition, game etc SYN beat: In the last match, Venus Williams defeated her sister 6–3, 6–4.defeat在上一场比赛中﹐维纳斯∙威廉姆斯以 6:3 和 6:4 的比分击败了她的妹妹。2if a problem or piece of work defeats you, it is so difficult that you cannot solve it or do it: It was the last question on the paper that defeated me.bedefeat考卷上的最后一道题把我难住了。3to make something fail: The plan was defeated by a lack of money.bedefeat该计划因缺少资金而流产。Word Choice: defeat or beat?Defeat is used especially in written English:The National Party narrowly defeated the ruling Labour government.defeatrule国家党以微弱优势击败执政的工党政府。Beat sounds less formal and is used especially in spoken English. You use it especially about defeating someone in a game, race, or competition:Do you think Murray will beat Nadal in the final?你看这场决赛穆雷会赢纳达尔吗？THESAURUS: defeatwin to be the best or most successful in a competition, game, election etc: Our team won 3–0.winAlex won the poetry competition.wincome first/be first to win a race or competition in which more than two people or teams are competing: An Australian runner came first.comeGuess what? I was first!bebe in the lead/be leading/be ahead to be winning a game, race, election etc at a particular moment: Hamilton was in the lead.beArsenal were ahead by two goals to one at the beginning of the second half.begoalbeginAt that point, the Democrats were leading.democratbeleadbeat/defeat to win a game, battle, election etc against another person, army, party etc. Beat is more informal than defeat: Brazil beat Italy 3–1.Hitler’s army was defeated by the Russians.bedefeatbe victorious formal to be successful in a battle, competition, or game: The Ottoman army was victorious.beHe was victorious with a total of 45.4 points.bepoint |
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