單詞發音
英[dɪˈfiːt]美[dɪˈfiːt]
基本用法
- defeat用作動詞的基本意思是用武力或智謀“打敗”“使屈服”,表示“占上風”,含有可能隻是暫時挫敗或牽制對方的意味。引申可以表示“難住”。defeat隻用作及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語,可用于被動結構。defeat用作名詞的基本意思是表示“戰勝”的行為。從勝方角度看可表示“戰勝”;從敗方角度看可表示“戰敗”。具體譯法根據上下文特别是謂語動詞而定。defeat表示“失敗”時,是不可數名詞;表示“失敗的事例”時,是可數名詞。
短語搭配
Embracing Defeat擁抱戰敗二次大戰後的日本人;擁抱戰敗
Concede Defeat願賭服輸；承認敗選；認輸；承認失敗
take defeat承認失敗；接收失敗
complete defeat完敗；徹底失敗
Tone defeat音調控制啟動開關；音調失效
defeat switch消除開關
inevitable defeat喪志屈服；必然的失敗
Duplication defeat複制失敗
defeat the落敗的
雙語例句
用作名詞(n.)
He was depressed by his defeat.失敗讓他沮喪。
This defeat was a powerful blow to the enemy.這次失敗是對敵人的有力的打擊。
用作及物動詞(vt.)
It was a sound strategy to defeat the enemy.那是戰勝敵人的良策。
The naval captain defeated Napoleon in the battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and stopped him from invading England.這位海軍将領在1805年的特拉法格海戰中擊敗了拿破侖的軍隊,從而阻止了他入侵英國。
