defeats

英 [dɪˈfiːts]

美 [dɪˈfiːts]

v.  击败; 战胜; 使困惑; 难住; 使失败; 阻挠; 挫败
n.  失败; 战败; 挫败; 击败; 战胜
defeat的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 击败;战胜
  If youdefeatsomeone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
  1. His guerrillas defeated the colonial army in 1954...
     1954 年他领导的游击队打败了殖民军队。
  2. The NHL Stanley Cup was won by the Montreal Canadians, who defeated the Boston Bruins four games to one.
     蒙特利尔加拿大人队以 4 比1战胜波士顿棕熊队，夺得了国家冰球联盟斯坦利杯。
• VERB 否决(提案或动议)
  If a proposal or motion in a debateis defeated, more people vote against it than for it.
  1. The proposal was defeated by just one vote.
     该提案仅以一票之差被否决。
• VERB (任务或问题)难住，难倒
  If a task or a problemdefeatsyou, it is so difficult that you cannot do it or solve it.
  1. There were times when the challenges of writing such a huge novel almost defeated her.
     有些时候，创作如此宏大的一部小说所面临的挑战几乎把她给难倒了。
• VERB 挫败(行动或计划);使落空
  Todefeatan action or plan means to cause it to fail.
  1. The navy played a limited but significant role in defeating the rebellion...
     海军在平息这场叛乱的过程中起到了有限但却十分重要的作用。
  2. He swore to defeat Odin's plan.
     他发誓一定要挫败奥丁的计划。
• N-VAR 战败;失利;失败
  Defeatis the experience of being beaten in a battle, game, or contest, or of failing to achieve what you wanted to.
  1. The most important thing is not to admit defeat until you really have to...
     最重要的是不到万不得已绝不要认输。
  2. The vote is seen as a defeat for the anti-abortion lobby...
     这一投票结果被看作是反堕胎游说团体的一次失败。
  3. A 2-1 defeat by Sweden left them bottom of Group One.
     1 比 2 负于瑞典之后，他们处在了第一小组的最后一名。

双语例句

• Of course, the United Nations has also had complications, suffering from setbacks and defeats.
  当然，联合国也有过曲折的经历，遭受过挫折和失败。
• They must never be seen as defeats, merely temporary setbacks.
  绝不应该将这些视为失败，它们仅仅是暂时的挫折而已。
• Bulgarian defeats favourite in UNESCO election), announced her new eight-person assistant team this week ( 14 April).
  UNESCO的总干事IrinaBokova于去年11月上任（见保加利亚人在联合国教科文组织（UNESCO）竞选中击败最强的候选人），本周（4月14日）她宣布了新的八人助理团队。
• For every victory during the height of the civil rights movement, there were setbacks and there were defeats.
  民权运动高潮中的每一个胜利，都有挫折、有失败。
• The defeats and final failure had been due to others-to their "disloyalty and betrayal".
  失败和最后的溃败则应归咎于别人，归咎于他们的不忠和背叛。
• That defeats one of the main aims of DI.
  这破坏了使用DI的主要目的。
• Remember, there is a difference between encountering defeats and being defeated.
  请记住：遭遇挫折与被打败之间是有区别的。
• But Mr Sharma played down the defeats, insisting India was not trying to compete with China.
  但是，沙玛对这些失败轻描淡写，并坚称印度没有试图与中国竞争。
• In the end of the Lord of the rings, good defeats evil.
  在《魔戒》的尾声，善良战胜了邪恶。
• After six defeats in a row, the team's confidence has been badly shaken.
  在一连六次失败后，球队的信心被大大地挫伤了。