"defeat" in Chinese (Simplified)
失败击败
Definition
作名词时,表示在比赛、战斗、选举或其他竞争中的失败。作动词时,表示战胜某人或某事物。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
这个词常用于体育、政治、战争和较正式的语境。作名词时,常见搭配有 'suffer a defeat' 和 'admit defeat'。作动词时,'defeat' 比 'beat' 更正式、语气也更强,而 'beat' 在日常口语中更常见。
Examples
Our team faced defeat in the final game.
我们的球队在决赛中遭遇了**失败**。
The army could not defeat the enemy.
军队无法**击败**敌人。
She did not want to admit defeat.
她不想承认**失败**。
We were close to defeat, but somehow we turned the game around.
我们差点遭遇**失败**,但不知怎么还是把比赛逆转了。
No one expected the smaller company to defeat its biggest rival.
没人想到那家较小的公司会**击败**自己最大的竞争对手。
After months of arguing, he finally admitted defeat and asked for help.
争论了几个月后,他终于承认了**失败**并寻求帮助。