Suffering a defeat in the exam makes me depressed.

考试失败让我很沮丧。

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They suffered a defeat at the polls.

他们在投票选举中惨遭失败。

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Accepting singleness is a victory, not a defeat.

去接受单身是一种胜利，而非一场失利。

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His speech to both houses of Congress followed a defeat last week for his Democratic Party.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

All Southerners who try to express themselves in art are very much aware that they are party to a defeat."

所有希望藉由艺术的方式,表达自身的南方人都很清楚,他们是战败的一方"

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So El is replaced by Baal after a defeat of some watery foe.

所以El被baal取代，在被他打败以后。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Tory rebels say it is a defeat for a constitutional change few really want.

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"We won because we had the ability to turn a defeat into a win, " he added.

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It felt like a defeat, but it was the best move of my life.

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