| 释义 |
de·feat /dɪˈfiːt/ vt. | n. | phr.
I vt.
1. 击败，战胜
defeat the enemy 打败敌人
2. 挫败；使落空
defeat sb.'s plan 挫败某人的计划
The bill was defeated in the Commons. 提案在下议院被否决了。
The accident has defeated all his hopes of winning. 事故使他获胜的一切希望成为泡影。
3. 使失去，剥夺
His bad temper defeated him of ultimate success. 他的坏脾气使他最后未能成功。
4. 使全然不解
Your logic defeats me. 你的逻辑我完全不懂。
5. 【律】废除，使无效；使败诉
6. 〈废〉破坏；败坏
II n.
1. 击败，战胜
He helped engineer the candidate's defeat of his opponent. 他帮助那个候选人出谋划策，战胜了对手。
2. 战败，败北；失败；覆没，毁灭
a crushing defeat 惨败
The government suffered an unexpected defeat in the Commons. 政府在下议院遭到意外挫折。
the defeat of a government 政府的垮台
3. 【律】废除，无效；败诉
4. 〈废〉破坏；败坏
[< ME defeten < OFr desfait < desfaire to undo, ruin < des- dis-²+ faire to do <L facere] phr. admit defeat 承认失败，认输 |