defeat
defeat 英 [dɪˈfi:t] 美 [dɪˈfit]
vt. 击败，战胜；
进行时:defeating 过去式:defeated 过去分词:defeated 第三人称单数:defeats 名词复数:defeats
- Defeat is the opposite of victory. When you lose, you suffer defeat. When you win, you defeat your enemy.
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- vt. 击败，战胜；
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1. a defeated army
败军
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2. He defeated the champion in three sets.
他三盘击败了冠军。
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3. The motion was defeated by 19 votes.
这项动议以 19 票反对被否决。
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4. The instruction manual completely defeated me.
这操作指南把我完全弄糊涂。
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5. The party faces defeat in the election.
这个党面临选举失败。
- defeat (n.) 1590s, from defeat (v.).
- defeat (v.) late 14c., from Anglo-French defeter, from Old French desfait, past participle of desfaire "to undo," from Vulgar Latin *diffacere "undo, destroy," from Latin dis- "un-, not" (see dis-) + facere "to do, perform," from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put." Original sense was of "bring ruination, cause destruction." Military sense of "conquer" is c. 1600. Related: Defeated; defeating.
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