一、詳細釋義：

n.

失敗，戰(zhàn)敗，挫敗 [U,C]

例句：

It seemed to Golda that her country had escaped the specter of military defeat.

在果爾達看來，她的國家好容易擺脫了軍事失敗的幽靈。

例句：

Man is not made for defeat. ——Ernest Hemingway

人不是為失敗而生的。——海明威

擊敗，戰(zhàn)勝 [C]

v.

擊敗，戰(zhàn)勝 [T]

例句：

It was a sound strategy to defeat the enemy.

那是戰(zhàn)勝敵人的良策。

例句：

The newly emerging forces are bound to defeat what is corrupt and degenerate.

新生力量必然戰(zhàn)勝腐朽力量。

使困惑，難住 [T]

例句：

Whatever kind of challenges can not defeat her.

不管什么樣的挑戰(zhàn)都難不住她。

使失敗，阻撓，挫敗 [T]

例句：

He crouched there for a long time before he hit upon a plan to defeat his antagonist.

他蹲在那里很長一段時間后，突然想出了一個挫敗他對手的計劃。

二、詞義辨析：

conquer,overcome,overthrow,defeat,beat,subdue

這些動詞均含“征服，戰(zhàn)勝”之意。 conquer側重戰(zhàn)勝和控制。書面用詞。 overcome多指戰(zhàn)勝或克服非物質的東西，如困難和不良習慣等。語氣較弱也可指在斗爭或競爭中戰(zhàn)勝或壓倒對方。 overthrow指徹底擊敗對手，使其喪失力量和地位。 defeat普通用詞，多指在戰(zhàn)爭、比賽、競選或辯論中戰(zhàn)勝對手，側重勝利的暫時性。 beat口筆語均可用，可與defeat換用。 subdue正式用詞，與conquer同義，但強調失敗后的臣服狀態(tài)；也可用作借喻，表克制、壓抑感情、欲望等。

三、參考例句：

Defeat after defeat filled us with despair.

一次又一次的失敗使我們完全絕望了。

Their defeat was not inevitable.

他們被擊敗是不是不可避免的。

Their defeat was not?inevitable.

他們被擊敗是不是不可避免的。

Defeat is a foregone conclusion.

戰(zhàn)敗 [失敗] 是早已看出的結果 [已成定局] 。

Righteousness is definitely able to defeat evil.

正義一定能夠戰(zhàn)勝邪惡。

He was depressed by his defeat.

失敗讓他沮喪。

Defeat and failure may make people humble.

挫折和失敗會使人變得謙卑。

They narrowly avoided defeat in the semi-final.

他們在半決賽中勉強躲過一劫。

Talk of defeat had demoralized the team.

談論失敗使球隊士氣低落。

Defeat and failure make people humble.

挫折與失敗會使人謙卑。