defeat /dɪˈfiːt/ CET4 TEM4 ( defeating, defeated, defeats )

• 1. 

  V-T If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest. 击败

  例：

  His guerrillas defeated the colonial army in 1954.

  他的游击队在1954年打败了殖民军。

• 2. 

  V-T If a proposal or motion in a debate is defeated, more people vote against it than for it. (以多数票) 挫败 [usu passive]

  例：

  The bill was defeated with support from only two congressmen.

  由于只得到两位议员的支持，那个议案被否决了。

• 3. 

  V-T If a task or a problem defeats you, it is so difficult that you cannot do it or solve it. 难倒

  例：

  The book he most wanted to write was the one which nearly defeated him.

  他最想写的书恰恰是几乎难倒他的那一本。

• 4. 

  V-T To defeat an action or plan means to cause it to fail. 使受挫

  例：

  The navy played a limited but significant role in defeating the rebellion.

  在平息叛乱中海军起了有限但却重要的作用。

• 5. 

  N-VAR Defeat is the experience of being beaten in a battle, game, or contest, or of failing to achieve what you wanted to. 失败

  例：

  The most important thing is not to admit defeat until you really have to.

  最重要的事就是非到不得已不要认输。

  例：

  ...the Sonics' 31-point defeat at Sacramento on Sunday.

  …超音速队周日在萨克拉门托31分的挫败。