单词详解 

1. vt.

A. 击败，战胜 (win a victory over)

Our basketball team defeated theirs this time. 这一次我们的蓝球队胜了他们队。

B. 挫败，使落空 (thwart the passage of)

We've defeated proposal to build another office block.

我们已否决另建一座办公大楼的提议。

2. n.

A. 战胜，挫败 (the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals)

That was considered as an Iranian defeat of Iraq. 人们认为那是伊朗挫败了伊拉克。

B. 战败，失败 (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest)

They had two defeats last year. 去年他们失败过两次。

相关词组

suffer defeat 遭受失败

If they want to suffer a defeat general, they can be accomplished completely.

假如他们想打败通用，他们完全可以做到。

相关单词

名词复数：defeats

过去式：defeated

过去分词：defeated

现在分词：defeating

同义词：failure, loss, losing, reverse, collapse

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词语辨析：conquer, overcome, defeat, beat

conquer, overcome, defeat, beat

这些动词均含“征服，战胜”之意。

conquer: 侧重战胜和控制。书面用词。

overcome: 多指战胜或克服非物质的东西，如：困难和不良习惯等。语气较弱也可指在斗争或竞争中战胜或压倒对方。

defeat: 普通用词，多指在战争、比赛、竞选或辩论中战胜对手，侧重胜利的暂时性。

beat: 口笔语均可用，可与defeat换用。

词语详解

1. conquer: 侧重战胜和控制。书面用词。

We have conquered the city. 我们攻克了那座城市。

2. overcome: 多指战胜或克服非物质的东西，如困难和不良习惯等。语气较弱也可指在斗争或竞争中战胜或压倒对方。

Do you have enough courage to overcome the difficulty?

你有足够的勇气来克服这个困难吗？

3. defeat: 普通用词，多指在战争、比赛、竞选或辩论中战胜对手，侧重胜利的暂时性。

The defeat was a bitter pill to swallow for them.

对他们来讲那次失败是一次难以吞咽的苦果。

4. beat: 口笔语均可用，可与defeat换用。

If you serve like this, nobody can beat you. 如果你像这样发球，没有人可以击败你。