| 单词 | win |
| 释义 | win (wɪn ) Word forms: wins , winning , won 1. verb A2 If you win something such as a competition, battle, or argument, you defeat those people you are competing or fighting against, or you do better than everyone else involved. He does not have any realistic chance of winning the election. [VERB noun] The NCAA basketball championship was won by North Carolina. [VERB noun] ...when Napoleon was winning his great battles in Italy. [VERB noun] The top four teams all won. [VERB] Konta won 2–6, 6–4, 6–3. [VERB amount] Synonyms: be victorious in, succeed in, prevail in, come first in Win is also a noun. ...Arsenal's dismal league run of eight games without a win. There were narrow wins for the Democrats in Texas and Ohio. 2. verb If something wins you something such as an election, competition, battle, or argument, it causes you to defeat the people competing with you or fighting you, or to do better than everyone else involved. That sort of gain for Labour is nothing like good enough to win them the general election. [VERB noun noun] Graham is more determined than ever to win the club its third Championship under his command. [VERB noun noun] 3. verb A2 If you win something such as a prize or medal, you get it because you have defeated everyone else in something such as an election, competition, battle, or argument, or have done very well in it. The first correct entry wins the prize. [VERB noun] She won bronze for Great Britain in the European Championships. [VERB noun] Synonyms: gain, get, receive, land [informal] 4. verb B2 If you win something that you want or need, you succeed in getting it. ...moves to win the support of the poor. [VERB noun] British Aerospace has won an order worth 340 million dollars. [VERB noun] 5. verb If something wins you a prize or wins you something else that you want, it causes you to get it. The feat won them a prize of £85,000. [VERB noun noun] Good weather leading to good grain harvests should win the country relief from food shortages. [VERB noun noun] 6. See also winning 7. can't win phrase If you say that someone can't win in a particular situation, you mean that they are certain to fail or to suffer whatever they do. [informal] 8. you win convention You say 'you win' when you have been having a slight argument with someone and you are indicating that you agree to do what they want or that you accept their suggestion, even though you do not really want to. [spoken] 'All right', I said. 'You win'. 9. to lose the battle but win the war phrase If you say that someone has lost the battle, but won the war, you mean that although they have been defeated in a small conflict they have won a larger, more important one of which it was a part. If you say that someone has won the battle but lost the war, you mean that they have won the small conflict but lost the larger one. The strikers may have won the battle, but they lost the war. 10. to win the day phrase If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated. [mainly journalism] His determination and refusal to back down had won the day. Few in Westminster doubt that the government will win the day. 11. to win hands down phrase If you win hands down, you win very easily. Phrasal verbs: win back phrasal verb B2 If you win back something that you have lost, you get it again, especially as a result of a great effort. The Government will have to work hard to win back the confidence of the people. [VERB PARTICLE noun] So he went and filed a suit and won his job back. [VERB noun PARTICLE] win out phrasal verb If something or someone wins out or wins through, they are successful after a competition or struggle. Sometimes perseverance does win out. [VERB PARTICLE] Stick to your principles, and you will win through. [VERB PARTICLE] Here is a chance for greengrocers to win out over the supermarkets by selling local produce. [V P over/against n] win over regional note: in BRIT, also use win round phrasal verb If you win someone over or win them round, you persuade them to support you or agree with you. He has won over a significant number of the left-wing deputies. [VERB PARTICLE noun] They still hope to win him round. [VERB noun PARTICLE] win round win over win through win out win through to phrasal verb If you win through to a particular position or stage of a competition, you achieve it after a great effort or by defeating opponents. She won through to the final after defeating the world number one. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] Quotations: You can't win them all Idioms: win hands down to win a contest easily We have been beaten in some games which we should have won hands down. to be clearly the best in a comparison between things The New Winter Palace Hotel wins hands down for both comfort and evocative location, situated a few steps away from the banks of the Nile. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: top win But the odds of a top win have been lengthened by an extended number range. The Sun The best teams at the top win, win, draw, win and at the minute we win one then lose one. The Sun Nothing would ever top winning gold in my home country and, with the amateur scoring, you get robbed left, right and centre. Times, Sunday Times Every month they gave us an exam, and whoever came top won a prize - money or a mobile phone. Times, Sunday Times The first team to get twelve triangles to the top wins. 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