Clay was worried that his compromise might be defeated by northern votes.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

Sweden kind of disappears from the great power state when they're defeated by Peter the Great in--when is it?--1709.

在1709年被彼得大帝打败后,［此处指的是1709年的波尔塔瓦之战］

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

So there was Napoleon in the 1800s conquering Europe and being crowned emperor, being defeated by the British,being sent to exile on,was it Elba,right?

拿破仑在1800年代征服欧洲,被加冕为皇帝，被英军击败，然后被放逐于厄尔巴岛？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

They were being defeated by candidates of the Democratic Party.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

He doesn't remember being defeated by the British.

不记得被英军打败。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

He had been defeated by Benjamin Harrison.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

In the current world champion of chess, I think Vladimir Kramnik, was defeated in December by a chess-playing program.

当前的国际象棋世界冠军,弗拉基米尔?克拉姆尼克,就在今年12月被一个国际象棋程序击败

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

On this day, Germany was defeated by Serbia. After the match the crowd heads for the food stalls.

VOA: standard.2010.06.19

"Recently however, they have tried to raid some administrations in the localities,and that attempt had been effectively defeated by the local militia."

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Mousavi also said his movement would not be defeated by government attempts to asphyxiate it.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Union forces led by General George Meade had defeated Confederate forces led by General Robert E.Lee.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

"I do not regret it." he said. "It is better to be defeated battling for an honest idea, than to win by a cowardly trick."

VOA: special.2010.05.27

In Virginia,Robert McDonnell, defeated Democratic state Senator Creigh Deeds by an overwhelming margin of 59 percent to 41 percent.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Sri Lanka's Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs,Sarath Amunugama, says the government has taken a policy decision to develop the Tamil-dominated provinces which,for years, were effectively controlled by the now-defeated rebels.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09