■ win

1) win 不能以被打败的对手为直接宾语，例如不能说 *We won them in the ball game. 要说 We beat them in the ball game. 直接宾语应该是“比赛”、“搏斗”。

• Aren't you boys interested in who's winning the war?你们男孩子难道不关心这场战争谁在打赢吗？

2) 直接宾语也可以是经过比赛或搏斗得到的成果。

• She won second prize.她获得了二等奖。
• He won a gold medal in the Olympics.他在奥运会获得了一块金牌。
• The other party failed to win any seats.另一个政党没有赢得任何席位。
• The opposition party won a convincing victory in the election.在野党在选举中得到了令人信服的胜利。
• They have won business from their competitors.他们抢走了竞争者的生意。
• The contract has been won by a British firm.合同被一家英国公司赢去了。

有时候可以这两种不同内容的宾语并列出现。

• The war educates the people. The people win the war, and they also win peace and progress.战争教育了人民。人民赢得战争，也赢得和平和进步。（和平和进步是取得的正面结果，战争却不是）

有时候也可以表示不经过比赛或搏斗而只是经过努力获得的成果。

• It took me a while to win their confidence.我费了好些时间才赢得了他们的信任。
• Her first novel won the acclaim of the critics.她的第一本小说就赢得了批评家们的称赞。

3) 一个中国人不习惯的搭配用法是：可以有双宾语，主语是一个有利的原因，间接宾语先于直接宾语，表示受惠者，直接宾语表示得到的好处。

• I'm convinced that it was her loyalty and support that won me the championship.我确信是她的忠诚和支持才使我赢得了冠军。
• This won her a place on the national team.这使得她在国家队中赢得了一席之地。
• His superior finishing speed won him the race.他靠超群的终点速度赢了这场赛跑。
• Their perseverance won them universal admiration.他们的坚毅不拔，赢得了普遍的钦佩。
• This offensive could win them the war.靠这次攻势，他们可能打赢这场战争。

4) win 某人 over to 某主张，是“把某人争取过来支持某主张”。

• He has won several of his former opponents over to his ideas.他争取到了一些过去反对他的人来支持他的主张。
• The report won her over to the protesters' cause.靠那个报告，把她争取了过来支持抗议者的事业。
• We won him over in the end.我们终于把他争取过来了。