詞彙精選：defeat的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
失敗，戰敗，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
人不是爲失敗而生的。——海明威
擊敗，戰勝 [C]
v.
擊敗，戰勝 [T]
例句：
It was a sound strategy to defeat the enemy.
那是戰勝敵人的良策。
例句：
The newly emerging forces are bound to defeat what is corrupt and degenerate.
新生力量必然戰勝腐朽力量。
使困惑，難住 [T]
例句：
Whatever kind of challenges can not defeat her.
不管什麼樣的挑戰都難不住她。
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.
他蹲在那裏很長一段時間後，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，戰勝”之意。conquer側重戰勝和控制。書面用詞。overcome多指戰勝或克服非物質的東西，如困難和不良習慣等。語氣較弱也可指在鬥爭或競爭中戰勝或壓倒對方。overthrow指徹底擊敗對手，使其喪失力量和地位。defeat普通用詞，多指在戰爭、比賽、競選或辯論中戰勝對手，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，但強調失敗後的臣服狀態；也可用作借喻，表剋制、壓抑感情、慾望等。
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。
