1 to win a game, a fight, a vote, etc against sb; to beat sb 击败;战胜;胜过:
The army defeated the rebels after three days of fighting.军队经过三天的战斗终于击败了叛乱分子。In the last match France defeated Wales.在最后一场比赛中法国击败了威尔士。
2 to be too difficult for sb to do or understand (因太难而)使(某人)做不到或不明白:
I've tried to work out what's wrong with the car but it defeats me.我想要找出车子有什么问题,但始终不得要领。
3 to prevent sth from succeeding 挫败;阻挠:
The local residents are determined to defeat the council's building plans.当地居民决心挫败议会的兴建计划。
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/dɪˈfi:t ||; dɪˈfit/noun
1 [C] an occasion when sb fails to win or be successful against sb else 输掉;败北;失利:
This season they have had two victories and three defeats.本赛季他们已两胜三输。
2 [U] the act of losing or not being successful 失败;输:
She refused to admit defeat and kept on trying.她拒绝承认失败,并且继续尝试。
defeat1/dIˋfit; dIˈfiːt/n [C,U] 1 failure to win or succeed 失败: Italy suffered their 2nd defeat of the tournament. 意大利队在联赛中遭遇第二次失败。On 2 March, they suffered their worst defeat of the war. 3 月 2 日﹐他们遭遇了战争中最惨重的失败。2 victory over someone or something 战胜﹐击败: +of her defeat of Democrat Abe Robbins 她击败民主党的阿贝∙罗宾斯
defeat2v [T] 1 to win a victory over someone in a war, competition, game etc [ beat ] 〔在战争﹑竞争﹑比赛等中〕战胜﹐击败: In the last match, Venus Williams defeated her sister 6-3, 6-4. 在上一场比赛中﹐维纳斯∙威廉姆斯以 6:3 和 6:4 的比分击败了她的妹妹。2 if a problem or a piece of work defeats you, it is so difficult that you cannot solve it or do it〔问题或工作〕把〔某人〕难住: It was the last question on the paper that defeated me. 考卷上的最后一道题把我难住了。3 to make something fail 使失败: The plan was defeated by a lack of money. 该计划因缺少资金而流产。
defeatdefeatdefeatsdefeateddefeatingverb (defeats, defeating, defeated)to win a fight or game against a person or group of people: The army defeated the rebels.▶ defeatnoun: It was another defeat for the team.