In you haven't "do" before, there "big" often get you power, and, in the end, it ended with defeat.

在你还没有“做好”以前，莽撞地“做大”往往就会搞得你力所不及，最终，就以惨败告终。

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You must learn to accept defeat with good grace.

你必须学会欣然承认失败。

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She commiserated with the losers on their defeat.

她对失败的一方表示同情。

《牛津词典》

You can defeat your strongest enemy with only your breath.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

And that's what he did. And for the point of view of France, they emerged from the war with the reality that they are in victory a weaker nation than Germany is in defeat.

他就是这么干的,从法国这边来看,他们在战后的现实中发现,他们作为一个战胜国,比德国一个战败国还要弱小

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

They are what he has to work with, even though they are what defeat him in his effort to make sense of this experience with Magda.

他必须使用它们，尽管就是这些词语使,他失败了，无法传神表达和Magda的经历。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Known as the "Young Pretender, " his cause suffered a fatal blow with defeat at Culloden Moor in 1746.

CNN: Saturday,

City ended the last campaign with defeat in the play-offs and Barrett is confident they can go one step further this time around.

BBC: Lilywhites celebrate after Cup Final shoot-out success

The Brixton Bomber relinquished his British title with defeat to Baker and the ringside talk was of the likelihood of Williams announcing his retirement soon.

BBC: Gammer takes heart despite loss