defeat[di'fi:t]

• vt.
  • (在竞赛、选举、战斗等中)战胜，击败，打败：

    They defeated the enemy in the battle.

    他们在那次战斗中打败敌人。

    A British fleet defeated the French at Trafalgar.

    一支英国舰队在特拉法尔加击败了法国人。

    He defeated his elder brother at table tennis.

    他在乒乓球赛中击败了他哥哥。

  • 挫败，使受挫折，使失败，使落空，使破灭：

    The early returns defeated her hopes of election.

    早期选举结果报告使她当选的希望落空。

    This kind of problem always defeats me.

    这类问题总是困惑着我。

    to defeat a plan

    挫败一项计划

  • 剥夺，使失去：

    to defeat a man of an inheritance

    剥夺某人的继承权

  • 【法律】使无效，使作废，废除；使败诉：

    a proposal approved by the committee but defeated at the general meeting

    在委员会上获得通过但在全体会议上受到挫折的一项提案

  • [废语]败坏；破坏，毁灭
• n.
  • (竞争中的)战胜，击败，打败
  • 打倒，推翻；征服
  • 失败；败北，战败；毁灭，覆灭
  • 挫败，挫折，受挫，落空
  • 【法律】无效；废除；败诉
  • [废语]破坏，毁灭；破坏；败坏[亦作defeature]
• 近义词:

  conquer

• 短语:
  • bring defeat to 使…遭到失败
  • bring defeat upon oneself 招致失败
  • encounter a complete defeat 遭到彻底失败
  • inflict a defeat on (或upon) 挫败，使遭受失败
  • stave off defeat 避免失败
  • suffer(或sustain) a defeat 遭受挫败