用作動詞(v.)

I defeated John at chess yesterday.
昨天我和約翰下棋,贏了他。Roosevelt defeated Hoover for the presidency.
羅斯福擊敗了胡佛當選為總統。Before long he rebuilt a strong army and defeated the enemy.
不久之后,他重新建立了一支強大的軍隊并打敗了敵人。Our football team defeated theirs this time.
這一次我們的足球隊勝了他們的足球隊。The Americans defeated the British in 1781.
美國于1781年打敗了英國。A British fleet defeated the French at Trafalgar.
英國艦隊在特拉法爾加擊敗了法國艦隊。I never believed that any meal could defeat me, but on that day I met my Waterloo.
我根本不相信吃飯還會難住我，可那天我確實被難住了。I've tried to solve the problem, but it defeats me!
我想解決這問題,但卻被難倒了。This kind of problems always defeats me.
我總是無法對付這類問題。I've tried to understand your idea, but I'm afraid it defeated me.
我曾試圖理解你的想法,但恐怕我做不到。Why you stay indoor on a beautiful day like this defeats me!
天氣這樣好,你卻呆在屋里,真叫人莫名其妙!A dishonest man sometimes defeats his own ends.
不誠實的人有時使自己的目的歸于失敗。It was lack of money, not of efforts, that defeated their plan.
他們的計劃之所以遭到失敗,是由于缺少資金,而不是努力不夠。We must at any cost defeat them.
我們必須不惜任何代價打敗他們。

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They acknowledged having been defeated.
他們認輸了。He couldn't hide his disappointment when he knew that he was defeated.
當他知道他被擊敗時,他無法隱藏他失望的情緒。When he was defeated, he came down to earth.
當他被打敗時,他才丟掉取勝的幻想。It is universally acknowledged that he was defeated.
大家公認他失敗了。They were defeated in the battle.
在這場戰斗中他們被打敗了。The enemy was defeated in a decisive battle.
敵人在一場決定性的戰斗中被擊敗了。Team A was defeated by Team B at the last football match.A
隊在上次足球賽中輸給了B隊。He has been soundly defeated at chess.
他在國際象棋比賽中一敗涂地。The motion was defeated by 261 votes against 211.
這一提議以211票對261票被否決。

用作名詞(n.)

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。Our baseball team has never yet suffered a defeat.
我們的棒球隊尚未遭遇一次失敗。He always seems cheerful even in defeat.
他總是高高興興,即使輸了也這樣。He acknowledged his defeat.
他承認了他的失敗。When the results of the vote were announced the Prime Minister acknowledged defeat.
選舉結果宣布后,這位總理才承認失敗。The premature general strike would invite total defeat.
準備不充分的總罷工會導致徹底的失敗。Their first action ended in defeat.
他們的第一次行動以失敗告終。Such an action would have smelt, to her, of defeat.
在她看來,這種行動意味著失敗。They suffered another defeat.
他們再次受挫。In the American Civil War, the South's lack of industrial development was decisive to its defeat, long before a single shot was fired.
美國內戰時,仗還沒打起來,工業發展落后的南方就注定了要失敗。We had two defeats this year.
今年我們失敗過兩次。A succession of military defeats weakened the aggressor.
一連串的軍事失敗削弱了侵略者。After several defeats, the team is now doing well again.
經過幾次失敗以后,這個隊現在又有了起色。They inflicted a crushing defeat on the enemy.
他們使敵人遭到慘敗。

用作動詞 (v.)

～+名詞

defeat aggressors打敗侵略者defeat drought戰勝干旱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

～+副詞

defeat absolutely完全擊敗defeat badly慘敗defeat completely徹底失敗defeat decisively徹底擊敗defeat finally最終被擊敗defeat gloriously雖敗猶榮defeat logically情理之中地擊敗defeat subsequently接著被擊敗defeat successively接連被擊敗defeat thoroughly徹底擊敗defeat totally徹底擊敗defeat utterly完全擊敗

～+介詞

defeat sb at football在足球比賽中擊敗某人defeat by以…戰勝defeat by three goals to one以三比一的比分戰勝defeat in a match在比賽中戰勝defeat in badminton在羽毛球賽中打輸了defeat in one's design計劃落空defeat in one's purpose未達到目的defeat in one's scheme陰謀破產defeat sb of an inheritance剝奪某人的繼承權defeat sb of ultimate由于壞脾氣使某人不能取得勝利defeat through having no reinforcements由于無援軍而被打敗

用作名詞 (n.)

動詞+～

acknowledge defeat承認失敗admit defeat承認失敗bring defeat遭到失敗court defeat自討失敗inflict defeat擊敗invite defeat招致失敗,自取滅亡know no defeat不屈不撓,不服輸meet defeat面臨失敗suffer defeat遭受失敗sustain defeat遭到失敗,遭受挫折

形容詞+～

complete defeat徹底失敗crushing defeat一敗涂地decisive defeat決定性的失敗disheartening defeat令人沮喪的失敗expensive defeat付出高昂代價的失敗heavy defeat大敗humiliating defeat可恥的失敗ignominious defeat可恥的失敗inevitable defeat必然的失敗,不可避免的失敗inglorious defeat不光彩的失敗insignificant defeat小小的失敗〔挫折〕irretrievable defeat無法挽救的失敗resounding defeat徹底的失敗serious defeat嚴重的失敗severe defeat慘敗shameful defeat可恥的失敗successive defeat接連的失敗terrible defeat嚴重受挫total defeat完全失敗unexpected defeat未預料到的失敗,出乎意外的失敗utter defeat完全失敗

～+介詞

defeat at sb's hands敗于某人手下defeat in battle戰斗失敗defeat in game比賽失敗

The defeat of the Armada.