| 单词 | vanquish |
| 释义 | vanquish (once / 817 pages) v To vanquish is to be the complete and total winner, to overpower and overcome, whether in a contest, a race, or a war. It generally suggests a total trouncing, to the point of humiliation — or worse — for the loser. Sometimes words for the same thing are effective in different ways because they offer different levels of meaning. For example, in a game, you can simply win, or you can vanquish your opponent. The former is enough, but the latter makes that defeat sound so much worse, like a total rout. Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once stated, "Against war it may be said that it makes the victor stupid and the vanquished revengeful." WORD FAMILYvanquish: vanquishable, vanquished, vanquisher, vanquishes, vanquishing+/vanquishable: unvanquishable/vanquished: unvanquished/vanquisher: vanquishers USAGE EXAMPLESWhile the Cubs and Cavs vanquished long odds, Leicester City did the impossible. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Hats off to Philip K. Howard’s “Vanquishing the red-tape monster.” Washington Post(Dec 18, 2016) After the Republican primaries, he couldn’t stop ridiculing his vanquished rivals. Slate(Dec 16, 2016) v come out better in a competition, race, or conflict Syn|Hypo|Hyper beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach beat through cleverness and wit outpoint, outscore score more points than one's opponents walk overbeat easily eliminateremove from a contest or race mop up, pip, rack up, whip, worstdefeat thoroughly whompbeat overwhelmingly get the best, have the best, overcomeovercome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome rout, spread-eagle, spreadeagledefeat disastrously get the jumpbe there first cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaftdefeat someone through trickery or deceit exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpassbe or do something to a greater degree get over, master, overcome, subdue, surmountget on top of; deal with successfully best, outdo, outflank, scoop, trumpget the better of outfightto fight better than; get the better of overmaster, overpower, overwhelmovercome by superior force checkmate, mateplace an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game immobilise, immobilizemake defenseless outplayexcel or defeat in a game bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrashbeat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreachbeat through cleverness and wit outgrowgrow faster than outcry, outshoutshout louder than outroarroar louder than outsailsail faster or better than outdrawdraw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight outsellsell more than others outsellbe sold more often than other, similar products outpacesurpass in speed better, breaksurpass in excellence outshineattract more attention and praise than others outrangehave a greater range than (another gun) outweighbe heavier than outbravebe braver than out-herodsurpass someone in cruelty or evil outfoxoutdo someone in trickery shamesurpass or beat by a wide margin bulldogthrow a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outsmartdefeat by more skillful maneuvering steamroll, steamrolleroverwhelm by using great force outmarchmarch longer distances and for a longer time than outwearlast longer than others defeat, get the better of, overcome win a victory over |
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