defeat的意思

defeat

英 /dɪ'fiːt/ 美 /dɪ'fit/

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基本释义

  • v 打败;战胜;使受挫

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

  • n 失败

    failure to win or succeed

例句

  1. They hoped to defeat the enemy at sea.

    他们希望在海上击败敌人。

  2. She was a woman who hated to admit defeat.

    她是个不愿认输的女人。

短语

  • suffer defeat 遭受失败

近义词

vt 击败,战胜;挫败;使…失败
n 失败;战胜

同根词

adj defeatist 失败主义(者)的
n defeatist 失败主义者、defeatism 失败主义