音标

英 [dɪˈfiːt]；美 [dɪˈfiːt]

意思

作动词时：意为“击败；战胜”，指在竞争、战斗、比赛等活动中使对方失败；还可表示“使受挫；使落空”，即让计划、希望等不能实现。

作名词时：表示“失败；战败；挫败”，指在竞争、斗争等中被打败的结果。

造句

动词 - 击败；战胜

Our team defeated the rival in the final.
我们队在决赛中击败了对手。

The Greek army once defeated the Persian invaders.
希腊军队曾击败波斯侵略者。

They worked hard and finally defeated the difficult problem.
他们努力攻克，最终解决了难题（这里意译为击败难题） 。

The boxer defeated his opponent with a powerful punch.
这位拳击手用一记有力的拳击败了对手。

The new policy helped the company defeat its competitors in the market.
新政策帮助公司在市场上战胜了竞争对手。

 

动词 - 使受挫；使落空

Bad weather defeated our plan to have a picnic.
恶劣天气使我们野餐的计划落空了。

His lack of preparation defeated his chances of getting the promotion.
他准备不足，使自己失去了晋升的机会。

 

名词 - 失败；战败；挫败

Their first attempt ended in defeat.
他们的首次尝试以失败告终。

The team suffered a heavy defeat last season.
这个队在上个赛季遭遇了惨败。

The general analyzed the reasons for the defeat.
将军分析了战败的原因。

 

初学英语怎么运用

口语运用

体育赛事交流：在谈论体育比赛结果时使用。例如：“Did you watch the game last night? Our school team defeated theirs!（你昨晚看比赛了吗？我们校队打败了他们队！）”

日常计划讨论：当计划因某些原因无法实现时提及。比如：“Our weekend trip was defeated by the sudden rain.（我们的周末旅行因为突如其来的雨泡汤了。）”

 

写作运用

记叙文写作：在描述比赛、事件过程时，阐述胜利或失败的结果。例如：“In the battle against the flood, the brave soldiers never gave up, but unfortunately, the force of nature defeated their initial efforts. However, they continued to fight and finally achieved victory.（在与洪水的斗争中，勇敢的战士们从不放弃，但不幸的是，大自然的力量一开始让他们的努力受挫。然而，他们继续奋战，最终取得了胜利。）”

议论文写作：在论述关于面对困难、挫折等主题时，用“defeat”相关内容举例论证。比如：“Failure is an inevitable part of life. Every great person has experienced defeats. For example, Abraham Lincoln faced numerous defeats before becoming the President of the United States, but he never lost hope and finally achieved great success.（失败是生活中不可避免的一部分。每一位伟人都经历过失败。例如，亚伯拉罕·林肯在成为美国总统之前面临无数次挫折，但他从未失去希望，最终取得了巨大的成功。）”

 

学习积累

观看体育赛事辅助学习：观看体育比赛直播或录像时，注意解说员描述比赛胜负情况时对“defeat”的使用，加深理解和记忆。

制作错题本记录：把自己在练习或写作中使用“defeat”出现错误的句子整理到错题本上，分析错误原因，定期复习，避免再次出错。