- 词义辨析
defeat, conquer, overcome, win
这组词都可表示“获胜”“打败”。它们的区别是：
win表示“获胜”“赢得”,指在竞赛或战斗中击败对方,宾语一般是战役或胜利等; conquer表示“征服”,此词应用范围很广,既可指靠武力或精神道德方面的力量使对方屈服,又可指在排除障碍和阻力后取得胜利,该词强调的不仅是击败对方,而且还包括使对方就范; defeat应用范围也很广,但不像conquer那样含有彻底击败或征服的意思,而是强调暂时的胜利; overcome的意思是“克服”“战胜”,既可用于战斗或任何竞赛,又可用于感情、习惯等方面,强调压倒或胜过。例如:
There has been a tremendous international effort to conquer cancer.全世界已作出了巨大努力来征服癌症。
They acknowledged having been defeated.他们承认被打败了。
We have the courage to overcome difficulties.我们有战胜困难的勇气。
defeat of, defeat by
defeat of表示主动意义的战胜, of表示动宾关系; defeat by表示被动意义的战胜, by引出行动主体。试比较:
That was regarded as an Iranian defeat of Iraq.
人们认为那是伊朗挫败了伊拉克。
That was regarded as an Iranian defeat by Iraq.
人们认为那是伊朗被伊拉克挫败。
conquer，overcome，overthrow，defeat，beat，subdue
这些动词都含“征服，战胜”之意。
conquer侧重战胜和控制。书面用词。
overcome多指战胜或克服非物质的东西，如困难和不良习惯等。语气较弱也可指在斗争或竞争中战胜或压倒对方。
overthrow指彻底击败对手，使其丧失力量和地位。
defeat普通用词，多指在战争、比赛、竞选或辩论中战胜对手，侧重胜利的暂时性。
beat口笔语都可用，可与defeat换用。
subdue正式用词，与conquer同义，但强调失败后的臣服状态；也可用作借喻，表克制、压抑感情、欲望等。
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A defeat in the second round marked the end of the line for last year's champion.
第二轮的失利表明去年的冠军得主已卫冕无望。
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An attempt by anti-abortionists to tighten the rules was defeated.
反堕胎者所作的加强法规的尝试失败了。
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Middlesex defeated Derbyshire by bowling out the opposition.
米德尔塞克斯队将德比郡队的所有队员都投杀出局，击败了对方。
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Even if the amendment is passed it can be defeated judicially.
即使修正案获得通过，也有可能通过司法途径被废除。
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In the final Capriati, the third seed, defeated Katerina Maleeva.
在决赛中，三号种子选手卡普里亚蒂击败了凯特林娜·马莉娃。
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The team wanted to get revenge for their defeat earlier in the season.
球队想要为这个赛季早先的失败雪耻。
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A coalition could have defeated the government and wrecked the treaty
联盟本来可以击败政府并毁掉该条约的。
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Britain's Martine Le Moignan defeated her countrywoman Suzanne Horner in four games.
英国的马蒂娜·勒穆瓦昂南通过四局的比赛击败了同胞苏珊娜·霍纳。
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Duke was soundly defeated in this month's Louisiana governor's race.
杜克在本月的路易斯安那州长竞选中大败而归。
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- 相关词组
- suffer defeat败北;
- both being defeated and wounded两败俱伤;
- defeat with utmost effort力挫;
- retreat in defeat败退;
- meet with defeat砸锅;
- acknowledge defeat服输;
- a crushing defeat一败如水;
- defeated army败军;
- victory or defeat胜败；胜负;
- an overwhelming defeat一败涂地;
- disastrous defeat惨败;
- admit defeat认输；服输;
- be defeated被击败;战败；北；失律；挠败;
- defeat in a debate驳倒;
- suffer a crushing defeat星落云散；大败而回;
- snatch victory from the jaws of defeat从失败的下巴中夺取胜利
- suffer a defeat战败，遭受挫败;败绩;
- defeat utterly大败；击溃;
- crushing defeat惨败;
- victory and defeat雌雄;
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