defeat是一个英语单词，名词、动词，作名词时意为“失败；战胜”，作动词时意为“击败；挫败（某人）；阻止达成（目的）；反对（动议或提议）；（使）无法理解；（使）无效”。

单词发音

英[dɪˈfiːt]美[dɪˈfiːt]

基本用法

1. defeat用作动词的基本意思是用武力或智谋“打败”“使屈服”,表示“占上风”,含有可能只是暂时挫败或牵制对方的意味。引申可以表示“难住”。
2. defeat只用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
3. defeat用作名词的基本意思是表示“战胜”的行为。从胜方角度看可表示“战胜”;从败方角度看可表示“战败”。具体译法根据上下文特别是谓语动词而定。
4. defeat表示“失败”时,是不可数名词;表示“失败的事例”时,是可数名词。

短语搭配

Embracing Defeat拥抱战败二次大战后的日本人;拥抱战败

Concede Defeat愿赌服输；承认败选；认输；承认失败

take defeat承认失败；接收失败

complete defeat完败；彻底失败

Tone defeat音调控制启动开关；音调失效

defeat switch消除开关

inevitable defeat丧志屈服；必然的失败

Duplication defeat复制失败

defeat the落败的

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

He was depressed by his defeat.失败让他沮丧。

This defeat was a powerful blow to the enemy.这次失败是对敌人的有力的打击。

用作及物动词(vt.)

It was a sound strategy to defeat the enemy.那是战胜敌人的良策。

The naval captain defeated Napoleon in the battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and stopped him from invading England.这位海军将领在1805年的特拉法格海战中击败了拿破仑的军队,从而阻止了他入侵英国。