一、详细释义：


n.

失败，战败，挫败 [U,C]


例句：

It seemed to Golda that her country had escaped the specter of military defeat.

在果尔达看来，她的国家好容易摆脱了军事失败的幽灵。


例句：

Man is not made for defeat. ——Ernest Hemingway

人不是为失败而生的。——海明威


击败，战胜 [C]

v.

击败，战胜 [T]


例句：

It was a sound strategy to defeat the enemy.

那是战胜敌人的良策。


例句：

The newly emerging forces are bound to defeat what is corrupt and degenerate.

新生力量必然战胜腐朽力量。


使困惑，难住 [T]


例句：

Whatever kind of challenges can not defeat her.

不管什么样的挑战都难不住她。


使失败，阻挠，挫败 [T]


例句：

He crouched there for a long time before he hit upon a plan to defeat his antagonist.

他蹲在那里很长一段时间后，突然想出了一个挫败他对手的计划。


二、词义辨析：


conquer,overcome,overthrow,defeat,beat,subdue

这些动词均含“征服，战胜”之意。 conquer侧重战胜和控制。书面用词。 overcome多指战胜或克服非物质的东西，如困难和不良习惯等。语气较弱也可指在斗争或竞争中战胜或压倒对方。 overthrow指彻底击败对手，使其丧失力量和地位。 defeat普通用词，多指在战争、比赛、竞选或辩论中战胜对手，侧重胜利的暂时性。 beat口笔语均可用，可与defeat换用。 subdue正式用词，与conquer同义，但强调失败后的臣服状态；也可用作借喻，表克制、压抑感情、欲望等。


三、参考例句：


Defeat after defeat filled us with despair.

一次又一次的失败使我们完全绝望了。


Their defeat was not inevitable.

他们被击败是不是不可避免的。


Their defeat was not inevitable.

他们被击败是不是不可避免的。


Defeat is a foregone conclusion.

战败 [失败] 是早已看出的结果 [已成定局] 。


Righteousness is definitely able to defeat evil.

正义一定能够战胜邪恶。


He was depressed by his defeat.

失败让他沮丧。


Defeat and failure may make people humble.

挫折和失败会使人变得谦卑。


They narrowly avoided defeat in the semi-final.

他们在半决赛中勉强躲过一劫。


Talk of defeat had demoralized the team.

谈论失败使球队士气低落。


Defeat and failure make people humble.

挫折与失败会使人谦卑。