- Defeat is the opposite of victory. When you lose, you suffer defeat. When you win, you defeat your enemy.
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- vt. 击败，战胜；
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1. a defeated army
败军
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2. He defeated the champion in three sets.
他三盘击败了冠军。
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3. The motion was defeated by 19 votes.
这项动议以 19 票反对被否决。
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4. The instruction manual completely defeated me.
这操作指南把我完全弄糊涂。
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5. The party faces defeat in the election.
这个党面临选举失败。
- defeat (n.) 1590s, from defeat (v.).
- defeat (v.) late 14c., from Anglo-French defeter, from Old French desfait, past participle of desfaire "to undo," from Vulgar Latin *diffacere "undo, destroy," from Latin dis- "un-, not" (see dis-) + facere "to do, perform," from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put." Original sense was of "bring ruination, cause destruction." Military sense of "conquer" is c. 1600. Related: Defeated; defeating.
de·feat ★ / dɪˈfiːt ; NAmE dɪˈfiːt / verb , noun defeat defeats defeated defeating verb ★ 1 ★ defeatsb/sth to win against sb in a war, competition, sports game, etc. 击败；战胜 SYN beat ◆ He defeated the champion in three sets. 他三盘击败了冠军。 ◆ a defeated army 败军 2 ★ defeatsth to stop sth from being successful 使失败；阻挠；挫败 ◆ The motion was defeated by 19 votes. 这项动议以 19 票反对被否决。 ◆ Staying late at the office to discuss shorter working hours rather defeats the object of the exercise! 迟迟待在办公室讨论缩短工作时间恰恰是在阻挠这一目标的实现！ 3 defeatsb ( formal) if sth defeatsyou, you cannot understand it 困惑；难住 ◆ The instruction manual completely defeated me. 这操作指南把我完全弄糊涂。 noun ★ 1 ★ [uncountable , countable ] failure to win or to be successful 失败；战败；挫败 ◆ The party faces defeat in the election. 这个党面临选举失败。 ◆ a narrow/heavy defeat 惜败；惨败 ◆ The world champion has only had two defeats in 20 fights. 这个世界冠军在 20 场赛事中只败过两场。 ◆ They finally had to admit defeat (= stop trying to be successful). 他们最后只得认输。 2 ★ [countable , usually singular ] the act of winning a victory over sb/sth 击败；战胜 ◆ the defeat of fascism 战胜法西斯主义 de·feat / dɪˈfiːt ; NAmE dɪˈfiːt /
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