defeat
defeat
verb
verb
- [with obj.]win a victory over (someone) in a battle or other contest; overcome or beat
（战斗或其他比赛中）击败，战胜（某人）
Garibaldi defeated the Neapolitan army.
加里波第击败了那不勒斯军队。
■prevent (someone) from achieving an aim
挫败（某人），使（某人）落空
she was defeated by the last steep hill.
她没能越过最后一个陡峭的小山。
■prevent (an aim) from being achieved
阻止达成（目的），使（目标）无法实现
don't cheat by allowing your body to droop—this defeats the object of the exercise.
不要偷懒弯曲身体——这样会达不到锻炼目的的。
■reject or block (a motion or proposal)
反对，妨碍（动议，提议）
the amendment was defeated.
修正案被否决了。
■be impossible for (someone) to understand
无法理解
this line of reasoning defeats me, I must confess.
这样的推理我无法理解，我必须承认。
■(Law)render null and void; annul
(律)使无效，废除
- an instance of defeating or being defeated
击败，被打败
a 1–0 defeat by Grimsby.
1比0被格林斯比打败。
[mass noun]she had still not quite admitted defeat.
她还是没有完全承认失败。
- late Middle English (in the sense 'undo, destroy, annul'): from Old French desfait 'undone', past participle of desfaire, from medieval Latin disfacere 'undo'
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