defeat
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [d??fi?t]
- 美式音標 [d??fi?t]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- v. 擊敗；挫敗（某人）；阻止達成（目的）；反對（動議或提議）；（使）無法理解；（使）無效
- n. 失??；戰(zhàn)勝
詞源解說
- 直接源自中古英語的defeten；最初源自古法語的desfait，意為使做不成。
詞根記憶
- 擊敗(defeat)敵人，戰(zhàn)績(feat)累累
用法辨析
- defeat的基本意思是用武力或智謀“打敗”“使屈服”,表示“占上風(fēng)”,含有可能只是暫時挫敗或牽制對方的意味。引申可以表示“難住”。
- defeat是及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語,可用于被動結(jié)構(gòu)。
- defeat用作名詞的基本意思是表示“戰(zhàn)勝”的行為。從勝方角度看可表示“戰(zhàn)勝”; 從敗方角度看可表示“戰(zhàn)敗”。具體譯法根據(jù)上下文特別是謂語動詞而定。
- defeat表示“失敗”時,是不可數(shù)名詞; 表示“失敗的事例”時,是可數(shù)名詞。
- defeat既作類名詞，也可作抽象名詞，如a defeat（一次挫敗）和in defeat（挫?。?；
- defeat后接不同的介詞時，表示不同意思。例如his defeat of the enemy表示“他打敗敵人”，his defeat by the enemy表示“他被敵人打敗”，而his defeat表示“他被別人打敗”。
v. (動詞)
n. (名詞)
英漢例句
- I defeated John at chess yesterday.
昨天我和約翰下棋,贏了他。 - This defeat lessens our chances of winning the championship.
這次失敗使我們奪取冠軍的希望變得更加渺茫。
用作動詞 (v.)
用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.
用作名詞 (n.)
詞組短語
- defeat aggressors 打敗侵略者
- defeat drought 戰(zhàn)勝干旱
- defeat English team 擊敗英格蘭隊
- defeat one 's opponents 擊敗對手
- defeat these arguments 駁倒這些論據(jù)
- defeat absolutely 完全擊敗
用作動詞 (v.)
～+名詞
～+副詞
英英字典
- to win against someone in a fight, war, or competition
- the fact of losing against someone in a fight or competition, or when someone or something is made to fail
- If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
- If a proposal or motion in a debate is defeated, more people vote against it than for it.
- If a task or a problem defeats you, it is so difficult that you cannot do it or solve it.
- To defeat an action or plan means to cause it to fail.
- Defeat is the experience of being beaten in a battle, game, or contest, or of failing to achieve what you wanted to.
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 失敗
The defeat of the Opium War that was from 1840 to 1842 broke the pattern of Chinese foreign affairs under the "Li-fan" system, and produced tremendous impacts on the Qing government’s diplomatic theories and systems.
1840—1842年鴉片戰(zhàn)爭的失敗打破了中國“理藩”體制下的對外格局，并從思想到體制上對清政府產(chǎn)生了巨大的影響。法學(xué)
- 無效；廢除；敗訴
- 使無效，使作廢，廢除；使敗訴：
- 失利
- 擊敗
- 戰(zhàn)勝