| 单词 | defeat |
| 释义 | defeat (dɪfiːt ) Word forms: defeats , defeating , defeated 1. verb B1+ If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest. His guerrillas defeated the colonial army in 1954. [VERB noun] The NHL Stanley Cup was won by the Montreal Canadians, who defeated the Boston Bruins four games to one. [VERB noun] Synonyms: beat, crush, overwhelm, conquer 2. verb [usually passive] B2 If a proposal or motion in a debate is defeated, more people vote against it than for it. The proposal was defeated by just one vote. [be VERB-ed] 3. verb If a task or a problem defeats you, it is so difficult that you cannot do it or solve it. There were times when the challenges of writing such a huge novel almost defeated her. [VERB noun] Synonyms: frustrate, foil, thwart, ruin 4. verb B2 To defeat an action or plan means to cause it to fail. The navy played a limited but significant role in defeating the rebellion. [VERB noun] He swore to defeat Odin's plan. [VERB noun] Synonyms: overthrow, destroy, ruin, upset 5. variable noun B1+ Defeat is the experience of being beaten in a battle, game, or contest, or of failing to achieve what you wanted to. The most important thing is not to admit defeat until you really have to. This vote is seen as a defeat for the liberal elite. [+ for] A 2-1 defeat by Sweden left them bottom of Group One. Synonyms: conquest, beating, overthrow, pasting [slang] Quotations: How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! Bible: II Samuel Defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom. And above all futilityFlight to Arras Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphanDiary Collocations: avoid defeat They could have done it by winning games, or they could have done it by avoiding defeat. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Ministers are attempting to come up with a compromise to avoid defeat on Wednesday. Times, Sunday Times (2011) It was the first time Stoke had avoided defeat here since 1980 and lifted them off the foot of the table. The Sun (2016) When one team who did not need to win played another who only needed to avoid defeat, the inevitable outcome was produced. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The omens are not favourable for India avoiding defeat in the fourth innings. Times, Sunday Times (2008) You wondered how it seemed to the 20-year-old as he surveyed the wreckage of a second consecutive bad defeat for his team. Times, Sunday Times For every team he was a leader, a ferocious competitor who never waited for the manager to begin the inquest after a bad defeat. Times, Sunday Times After a bad defeat at home they can just take a few steps and disappear up the tunnel. Times, Sunday Times There isn't one player in that changing room that wouldn't have gone through a bad defeat or bad performance. The Sun This was a bad defeat. Times, Sunday Times In his first boss appearance, he could easily defeat his foe in three strikes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Make alliance with us, and we will defeat all foes. Times, Sunday Times Based on the classic 1995 release, you use an on-screen joystick and arcadestyle buttons to defeat your foes. The Sun It could also be that they are further browbeating their defeated foe to prevent him regroup ing. Times, Sunday Times You can become a team temporarily and share experience as you defeat foes and complete missions. Globe and Mail Will enough headbangers, then, join the opposition parties in the lobbies and defeat the proposal? Times, Sunday Times The judge ought to have accorded the commissioners a level of votes which would have defeated the proposals as put at the meeting. Times, Sunday Times He agitated for such a change with the legislature, but representatives defeated his proposals. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But despite our rumblings, we had no chance of defeating the proposal. The Times Literary Supplement Environmentalists and neighborhood groups fought and ultimately defeated this proposal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His hordes were notorious for their noxious odour; their smell alone could defeat a rival force. Times, Sunday Times These questions are related, because the pious have delivered on housing and health in ways that defeated their rivals. Times, Sunday Times A school earns one point when it defeats the rival school. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When they must interact, they will do whatever it takes to humiliate and defeat their rivals. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Over their first five games, they defeated their rivals by an unprecedented 157 points. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To defeat an enemy, you have to know an enemy - this, at last, allows us to do that. Times,Sunday Times If they defeat an enemy while weakened, they'll get back in the fray. The Sun Their talents allow them to 'defeat the enemy with non-contact methods', the magazine said. Times, Sunday Times Do they have enough turtle power to defeat this enemy? The Sun We were tasked with going to search the compounds and defeat the enemy. The Sun How often do you come back from a mid-game 150-point deficit to defeat your opponent? Times, Sunday Times There are two ways to defeat an opponent: destroy every one of the opponent's units on the map or capture the opponent's headquarters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To win a match, the player must defeat the opponent three times in two 90 second rounds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The first lesson: how to defeat an opponent without using his own special technique. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After selecting an opponent and learning the rules of the game, teams then had to defeat their opponent to receive their next clue. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Through some ancient ruins, they are transported to the pasts of various islands and must defeat evil in each new location. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He tests everyone's faith as they embark on a voyage to defeat evil and to seek his country in the ends of the world. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's about good defeating evil but not conquering it. Times, Sunday Times In earlier seasons, this takes the form of simpler pleasures such as dating and socializing, interspersed with defeating evil forces. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the vaults over the walkways, there are numerous cherubs defeating evil spirits and some even fighting with each other. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Chucking it into a small river or pond would spook fish and defeat the purpose. Times, Sunday Times We could call them terrace trousers, of course, but that would rather defeat their purpose. Times,Sunday Times But that would defeat the purpose, wouldn't it? Times, Sunday Times There appears to be no space on board for a human, which would defeat the purpose. Times, Sunday Times Over-involvement in the start-up can almost defeat the purpose of setting it up in the first place. Times, Sunday Times This was defeated by a vote of 9-7. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The proposal was defeated by a vote of 52% (381 members) opposed to 48% (346 members) in favor of the proposal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The bill was defeated by a vote of 68-59. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was clear in the aftermath of the devastating defeat that strong measures had to be taken. Times, Sunday Times The party had suffered a devastating defeat at the recent general election, senior politicians refused to join the shadow cabinet and money was short. Times, Sunday Times Improbably immature behaviour after a devastating defeat, and not in the slightest indicative of a proud team, but no crime. Times, Sunday Times A reserve force of cavalry would then sweep through the gap to inflict a devastating defeat. The Sun In the parliamentary elections of 1923, the party suffered a devastating defeat and dissolved itself soon afterward. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Labour will seek to prove its electoral credibility by regaining areas where council losses were the precursor of general election defeat. Times, Sunday Times After its election defeat in 1979, the party veered sharply to the left and rendered itself unelectable for nearly 20 years. Times, Sunday Times Much easier to fall back into the lazy habits of opposition - first blame each other for the election defeat, then blame the voters. Times, Sunday Times He says he had a change of heart after the party's disastrous 1983 election defeat. The Sun But a second election defeat would end his leadership. The Sun Electoral defeat often goes hand in hand with economic decline. Times, Sunday Times Labour needs to be reminded of its biggest electoral defeat. Times, Sunday Times The armed forces must have long ago factored in the likelihood of an electoral defeat. Times, Sunday Times Anyone less resistant might have given up in 2008, after his second electoral defeat in four years. Times, Sunday Times This policy will lead to 'destruction' and 'certain electoral defeat' he rages. The Sun The day belonged to him and him alone, and he ensured that there should be no embarrassing defeat to finish the winter. Times, Sunday Times No doubt he will be one of the scapegoats for this heavy, embarrassing defeat by a team ranked below them. Times, Sunday Times His anger at the manner of this embarrassing defeat was obvious. Times, Sunday Times His side avoided another embarrassing defeat at the hands of lower league opposition. The Sun After the embarrassing defeat, abolitionists lost political power during the 1850s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If he went to the country now he would almost certainly face defeat, but by only around 80 seats. The Sun Ministers accept they face defeat at the next election in 2022 unless they sort out the housing crisis. The Sun Last week, ministers signalled they were preparing to press ahead with the plan despite warnings that they could face defeat. Times, Sunday Times Unless we reform our values, our membership offering and our party infrastructure, we face defeat at the next election - and potentially years of opposition. The Sun For a period it looked as if he might resign, however, he stayed on only to face defeat again in 1992. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The second Melbourne final defeat in as many years certainly took its toll. Times, Sunday Times (2011) On that fateful day, people celebrated the final defeat of the THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES (2002) STILL smarting from final defeat last term. The Sun (2012) He has won six games in a row, most of them after playing so badly that his team seemed to be heading for ignominious defeat. Times, Sunday Times (2011) This ignominious defeat underlines the club's urgent need to sign a striker before the transfer window closes on Thursday. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The man who handed over the Ashes to England for the first time in a generation stood on the threshold of another ignominious defeat yesterday. Times, Sunday Times (2008) But he will also recall that his first Test match as captain proper ended in ignominious defeat in Jamaica and sympathy was in short supply then. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Much better than packing the midfield and waiting for the inevitable defeat. Times, Sunday Times Would pundits blame the forwards for the inevitable defeat? Times, Sunday Times The ferocity of the current fighting will be nothing though, compared with what comes after the inevitable defeat. Times, Sunday Times That's mainly because there's a dispiriting whiff of inevitable defeat to the narrative. Times, Sunday Times Then, next morning after the inevitable defeat, the embarrassment that slowly seeped in as the enormity of the defeat struck home. Times, Sunday Times We have to get out of the mindset that we are forever grabbing victory from the jaws of defeat. Times, Sunday Times He has grabbed victory the jaws of defeat too times to give up on this one. The Sun Champions seize victory from the jaws of defeat. Times, Sunday Times That time she plucked victory from the jaws of defeat. The Sun A general must pretend to victory even in the jaws of defeat, or his soldiers will not fight. Times, Sunday Times But by then it was a case of reducing the margin of defeat rather than seriously thinking about winning. The Sun Actual interlocutors are unidentified, possible alternatives never canvassed, and the one-wicket margin of defeat scarcely constitutes crisis. Times, Sunday Times Not by the margin of defeat, but through the experiences along the way and what happens next. Times, Sunday Times And the margin of defeat flattered us in those two games. The Sun By that stage, only the margin of defeat remained in doubt. Times, Sunday Times The alternative may be the worst sort of military defeat: a self-inflicted one. Times, Sunday Times It was shattered only by the reality of broken cities and military defeat. Times, Sunday Times But these hopes collapsed amid civil war and military defeat. The Times Literary Supplement With total military defeat came a new beginning. Globe and Mail And the war was hugely unpopular at home, and nearly resulted in disastrous military defeat. Times, Sunday Times The players were on the floor after a narrow defeat and were amazed at his attitude. The Sun Spurs showed character and at one stage it looked like they might do enough to escape with only a narrow defeat. The Sun Peaty said that the narrow defeat would spur him on over the coming months. Times, Sunday Times He should benefit from this shorter trip after a narrow defeat over a mile here last time. The Sun A vibrant performance in a narrow defeat would just about suffice; a sordid and scruffy victory would be rather better. Times, Sunday Times This was the most painful defeat, all the more so perhaps because of their hero's impending retirement. Times, Sunday Times Sometimes it helps to learn from a painful defeat. Times,Sunday Times It's probably not top of his list of priorities — with another painful defeat to digest and another big game to prepare for. The Sun Then, at the vital moment, he faltered, missing an opportunity in the worst possible fashion, converting what should have been a splendid victory into a painful defeat. Times, Sunday Times And two: their most painful defeat this season so far was 2-1 at home in the derby. Times, Sunday Times Why he was selected as a candidate by his party defeats me. The Sun After all, when one party defeats another, a lot of good people are displaced from power and many of them decide to see what else life holds. Globe and Mail After the party defeats the arch monk, they evacuate everyone as the temple collapses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Characters earn experience points for each monster the party defeats in battle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His theory proves to be correct, and the party defeats her. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During months of playing, he has served me one resounding defeat after another. Christianity Today The lessons of history suggest that the days after a resounding defeat are perfect for launching a leadership bid. Times, Sunday Times Speak, the organisation leading the campaign against the research facility, said that it was a 'resounding defeat' for the university, while a university spokeswoman described it as a 'significant advance'. Times, Sunday Times But his resounding defeat set his pride against his tenacious grip on power. Times, Sunday Times And you have to remind yourself that this time a year ago, the team that they coached collectively were on the eve of their most resounding defeat. Times, Sunday Times Derby slumped to their fifth straight defeat but had enough chances to win it. The Sun Having lost a 22-0 lead, they scored three tries in the last six minutes to prevent a sixth straight defeat. Times, Sunday Times So expect another shambles from his side and a sixth straight defeat tomorrow. The Sun Two goals in the space of six second-half minutes inflicted a fourth straight defeat in a competitive match. Times, Sunday Times The striker's header inflicted the visitors' sixth straight defeat and left them just two points clear of the drop zone with five to play. The Sun They deserved to suffer a defeat that would have heightened fears of relegation; instead they emerged with a point to boost hopes of survival. Times, Sunday Times He knows me and my character, he tried to calm me down a bit, but it was still not nice to suffer that defeat. Times, Sunday Times In which case, she'll also know this: you suffer a defeat, you pick yourself up. Times, Sunday Times It was important not to suffer a defeat, for that would confirm and strengthen this instinctive fear. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The glory that followed might not have happened if those players had not suffered that defeat. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 击败, 击败 Japanese: 負け, 負かす |
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