1. vt.击败，战胜　 overcome
2. vt.使挫败，使落空　 win a victory over; stop (hopes, aims, etc.) from becoming reality

　～ aggressors　打败侵略者
　～ drought　战胜干旱
　～ English team　击败英格兰队
　～ one's opponents　击败对手
　～ these arguments　驳倒这些论据
　～ absolutely　完全击败
　～ badly　惨败
　～ completely　彻底失败
　～ decisively　彻底击败
　～ finally　最终被击败
　～ gloriously　虽败犹荣
　～ logically　情理之中地击败
　～ subsequently　接着被击败
　～ successively　接连被击败
　～ thoroughly　彻底击败
　～ totally　彻底击败
　～ utterly　完全击败
　～ sb at football　在足球比赛中击败某人
　～ by　以…战胜
　～ by three goals to one　以三比一的比分战胜
　～ in a match　在比赛中战胜
　～ in badminton　在羽毛球赛中打输了
　～ in one's design　计划落空
　～ in one's purpose　未达到目的
　～ in one's scheme　阴谋破产
　～ sb of an inheritance　剥夺某人的继承权
　～ sb of ultimate　由于坏脾气使某人不能取得胜利
　～ through having no reinforcements　由于无援军而被打败

　I defeated John at chess yesterday.　昨天我和约翰下棋，赢了他。
　Roosevelt defeated Hoover for the presidency.　罗斯福击败了胡佛当选为总统。
　Before long he rebuilt a strong army and defeated the enemy.　不久之后，他重新建立了一支强大的军队并打败了敌人。
　Our football team defeated theirs this time.　这一次我们的足球队胜了他们的足球队。
　The Americans defeated the British in 1781.　美国于1781年打败了英国。
　A British fleet defeated the French at Trafalgar.　英国舰队在特拉法尔加击败了法国舰队。
　I never believed that any meal could defeat me, but on that day I met my Waterloo.　我根本不相信吃饭还会难住我，可那天我确实被难住了。
　I've tried to solve the problem, but it defeats me!　我想解决这问题，但却被难倒了。
　This kind of problems always defeats me.　我总是无法对付这类问题。
　I've tried to understand your idea, but I'm afraid it defeated me.　我曾试图理解你的想法，但恐怕我做不到。
　Why you stay indoor on a beautiful day like this defeats me!　天气这样好，你却呆在屋里，真叫人莫名其妙！
　A dishonest man sometimes defeats his own ends.　不诚实的人有时使自己的目的归于失败。
　It was lack of money, not of efforts, that defeated their plan.　他们的计划之所以遭到失败，是由于缺少资金，而不是努力不够。
　We must at any cost defeat them.　我们必须不惜任何代价打败他们。
　They acknowledged having been defeated.　他们认输了。
　He couldn't hide his disappointment when he knew that he was defeated.　当他知道他被击败时，他无法隐藏他失望的情绪。
　When he was defeated, he came down to earth.　当他被打败时，他才丢掉取胜的幻想。
　It is universally acknowledged that he was defeated.　大家公认他失败了。
　They were defeated in the battle.　在这场战斗中他们被打败了。
　The enemy was defeated in a decisive battle.　敌人在一场决定性的战斗中被击败了。
　Team A was defeated by Team B at the last football match. A　队在上次足球赛中输给了B队。
　He has been soundly defeated at chess.　他在国际象棋比赛中一败涂地。
　The motion was defeated by 261 votes against 211.　这一提议以211票对261票被否决。

 ♣ defeat, conquer, overcome, win
　参见win条。

　谁赢了那场战争　?
　［误］ Who defeated the battle?
　［正］ Who won the battle?
　［析］ 在英语中win所带的宾语常为game, match, battle之类的词，而defeat后接的宾语则为sb或像team, school之类的参赛者或单位，表示“击败某人”“打败了某个参赛单位”。

1. U 战胜，挫败　 the act of defeating
2. U C 战败，失败　 the act of state of being defeated

　acknowledge ～　承认失败
　admit ～　承认失败
　bring ～　遭到失败
　court ～　自讨失败
　inflict ～　击败
　invite ～　招致失败，自取灭亡
　know no ～　不屈不挠，不服输
　meet ～　面临失败
　suffer ～　遭受失败
　sustain ～　遭到失败，遭受挫折
　complete ～　彻底失败
　crushing ～　一败涂地
　decisive ～　决定性的失败
　disheartening ～　令人沮丧的失败
　expensive ～　付出高昂代价的失败
　heavy ～　大败
　humiliating ～　可耻的失败
　ignominious ～　可耻的失败
　inevitable ～　必然的失败，不可避免的失败
　inglorious ～　不光彩的失败
　insignificant ～　小小的失败〔挫折〕
　irretrievable ～　无法挽救的失败
　resounding ～　彻底的失败
　serious ～　严重的失败
　severe ～　惨败
　shameful ～　可耻的失败
　successive ～　接连的失败
　terrible ～　严重受挫
　total ～　完全失败
　unexpected ～　未预料到的失败，出乎意外的失败
　utter ～　完全失败
　～ at sb's hands　败于某人手下
　～ in battle　战斗失败
　～ in game　比赛失败

　This defeat lessens our chances of winning the championship.　这次失败使我们夺取冠军的希望变得更加渺茫。
　Our baseball team has never yet suffered a defeat.　我们的棒球队尚未遭遇一次失败。
　He always seems cheerful even in defeat.　他总是高高兴兴，即使输了也这样。
　He acknowledged his defeat.　他承认了他的失败。
　When the results of the vote were announced the Prime Minister acknowledged defeat.　选举结果宣布后，这位总理才承认失败。
　The premature general strike would invite total defeat.　准备不充分的总罢工会导致彻底的失败。
　Their first action ended in defeat.　他们的第一次行动以失败告终。
　Such an action would have smelt, to her, of defeat.　在她看来，这种行动意味着失败。
　They suffered another defeat.　他们再次受挫。
　In the American Civil War, the South's lack of industrial development was decisive to its defeat, long before a single shot was fired.　美国内战时，仗还没打起来，工业发展落后的南方就注定了要失败。
　We had two defeats this year.　今年我们失败过两次。
　A succession of military defeats weakened the aggressor.　一连串的军事失败削弱了侵略者。
　After several defeats, the team is now doing well again.　经过几次失败以后，这个队现在又有了起色。
　They inflicted a crushing defeat on the enemy.　他们使敌人遭到惨败。

 ♣ defeat of, defeat by
　defeat of　表示主动意义的战胜， of表示动宾关系；defeat by表示被动意义的战胜， by引出行动主体。试比较：

　［同义词］ v. beat, conquer, overcome, overthrow, suppress, vanquish
　［反义词］ v. foil, frustrate, spoil, submit, surrender, yield
　［词源］中古英语defeten <古法语desfait（使做不成）