| 词组 | defeat |
| 释义 | verb | noun defeat1 /dɪˈfiːt/ verb to win a victory over someone in a war, competition, game, or electionnounsdefeat an enemy The king was able to defeat his enemies.defeat an army Napoleon’s army was defeated at the battle of Waterloo.defeat an opponent/rival Williams defeated her opponent easily. | Obama defeated his rival John McCain.defeat a team The team was defeated in the finals of the competition.defeat a government The government could be defeated in tomorrow’s election.defeat a party The Socialists have defeated the ruling Nationalist Party.adverbsnarrowly defeat sb (=only just defeat someone) Kennedy narrowly defeated Nixon for the presidency in 1960.easily defeat sb The Yankees easily defeated the Boston Red Sox 12–3.decisively/comprehensively defeat sb (=in a clear and definite way that leaves no doubt) The Arab armies decisively defeated the Persians in the battle.be soundly defeated (=in a clear and definite way that leaves no doubt) The English army were soundly defeated by the Scots.be heavily defeated (=be defeated easily or by a large number of votes, points etc) The party was heavily defeated in the election.be completely/totally defeated Austria was totally defeated by Prussia at the battle of Sadowa.Defeat or beat?Defeat is more formal and is the usual word to use in writing. Beat is more informal and is the usual word to use in everyday spoken English: Manchester City beat Liverpool. The Democrats beat the Republicans at the last election. When talking about wars and fighting, you usually use defeat: The Greeks defeated the Persians in a famous battle.THESAURUS: defeat beat to defeat someone in a game or election. Beat is more informal than defeat: Chelsea beat Arsenal 2–0. | My brother always beats me at chess. | The Liberal party were badly beaten and only won 19 seats. | He beat his opponent by 2 sets to 1. conquer to take control of a country or people using soldiers: The Romans conquered much of Europe. | The Spanish conquered the Incas in South America. | He believed he could conquer the world. overcome to succeed in defeating someone or something, especially after using a lot of effort: They finally overcame their opponents after a thrilling game. | The champion overcame Sharapova 6–2, 3–6, 6–3.Overcome is most commonly used when talking about dealing with problems or feelings that stop you from doing something: Engineers are trying to overcome a mechanical problem. First, he had to overcome his fear of going on stage. overwhelm to defeat someone in a game or in a battle, especially because you are much stronger, more skilful, or have a much bigger army: Becker overwhelmed his opponent 6–2, 6–0, 6–0. | The troops were overwhelmed by a superior German force. annihilate to completely defeat an enemy’s army and destroy them. In informal English, annihilate is also used about defeating a team or player completely: The English army was annihilated at the battle of Bannockburn. | The team annihilated FC Cologne by eight goals to one. rout to defeat someone completely in a battle or game: Cincinnati routed Cleveland 30–0. | The German forces were routed by the Russians. trounce to defeat someone easily and completely, especially in a game or election: The United States trounced the Netherlands 2–0 in the women’s soccer championship. | Haider was trounced in elections for Vienna’s city hall.Rout or trounce?Rout is used about armies and sports teams. If an army is routed by another army, they are completely defeated and run away.If you trounce someone in a game or election, you defeat them very easily because you are much better or more skilful. thrash BrE informal to defeat someone completely, especially in a game: Liverpool thrashed Luton 4–0. vanquish literary to defeat someone or something completely, especially in a battle – used in historical descriptions: The Vietnamese army vanquished the Chinese in AD 40 and set up their own independent state. verb | noun defeat2 /dɪˈfiːt/ noun a failure to win or succeedadjectives/nouns + defeata serious/heavy/bad/big defeat This was a serious defeat for the government.a humiliating defeat (=very embarrassing) They are still bitter about their humiliating defeat.a crushing/resounding defeat (=by a very large amount) He quit as prime minister following a crushing defeat in regional elections.a disastrous defeat (=very big, and with a very bad result) The party suffered a disastrous defeat in the 2006 election.a narrow defeat (=by a small amount) Following their narrow 17–15 defeat by Wales last year, England are hoping to do better this time.an election/electoral defeat It was their worst general election defeat since 1982.a military defeat The president resigned following a series of military defeats.a shock defeat BrE (=very unexpected) Arsenal are now out of the competition, following their shock defeat by Torquay Town.verbssuffer a defeat (=be defeated) The party suffered a defeat in the state elections.inflict a defeat on sb (=defeat someone, especially easily) The army inflicted a heavy defeat on the English.admit defeat If I left my job, I would be admitting defeat.accept defeat It can be very hard to accept defeat.concede defeat (=formally accept that you have lost in a game, election etc) His opponent conceded defeat.face defeat (=be likely to be defeated) In May 1945 Germany faced defeat at the hands of the Allies.prepositionsa defeat in sth The party suffered its worst defeat in a general election since 1912.a defeat against sb Pakistan had suffered a shock defeat against Ireland in last Saturday’s game. |
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