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单词 defeated
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defeated


de·feat

D0090000 (dĭ-fēt′)tr.v. de·feat·ed, de·feat·ing, de·feats 1. To do better than (another) in a competition or battle; win victory over; beat: "Whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same" (Thomas Paine).2. To prevent the success of; thwart: Internal strife defeats the purpose of teamwork.3. Law a. To frustrate the enforcement of (a motion, for example).b. To make (an estate, for example) void; annul.4. a. To dishearten or dispirit: The last setback defeated her, and she gave up.b. To be beyond the comprehension of; mystify: How the children found their way back home defeats me.n.1. a. The act of defeating an opponent: the home team's defeat of their rivals.b. The state of being defeated; failure to win: the home team's defeat by their rivals.2. A coming to naught; frustration: the defeat of a lifelong dream.3. Law a. The act of overcoming or frustrating the enforcement of. b. Law The act of making null and void.
[Middle English defeten, from defet, disfigured, from Old French desfait, past participle of desfaire, to destroy, from Medieval Latin disfacere, to destroy, mutilate, undo : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin facere, to do; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
de·feat′er n.Synonyms: defeat, beat, conquer, rout1, vanquish
These verbs mean to triumph over an adversary: defeated the opposing team by fourteen points; beat her competitor in the race for first place; conquered the enemy after a long battle; routed all opposition due to a brilliant strategy; vanquished the marauding army in a surprise attack.

defeated

(dɪˈfiːtɪd) adj1. having suffered defeat; beaten2. showing signs of discouragement
Thesaurus
Noun1.defeated - people who are defeateddefeated - people who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the defeated"discomfitedpeople - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
Adj.1.defeated - beaten or overcome; not victorious; "the defeated enemy"unsuccessful - not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcomeundefeated - victorious; "undefeated in battle"; "an undefeated team"
2.defeated - disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwartedunsuccessful - not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome

defeated

adjective beaten, crushed, conquered, worsted, routed, overcome, overwhelmed, thrashed, licked (informal), thwarted, overpowered, balked, trounced, vanquished, checkmated, bested He'll be disinclined to treat a defeated enemy with leniency.
winning, successful, dominant, conquering, triumphant, victorious, undefeated, triumphal
Translations
战败的

defeat

(diˈfiːt) verb to win a victory over. They defeated our team by three goals; We will defeat the enemy eventually. 戰勝,擊敗 战胜,击败 noun the loss of a game, battle, race etc. His defeat in the last race depressed him; We suffered yet another defeat. 戰勝,擊敗 战胜,击败 deˈfeated adjective (negative undefeated). a defeated enemy. 戰敗的 战败的deˈfeatism noun a state of mind in which one expects and accepts defeat too easily. The defeatism of the captain affects the rest of the players. 失敗主義 失败主义deˈfeatist noun, adjective (of) a person who gives up too easily and is too easily discouraged. She is such a defeatist; She has a defeatist attitude to life. 失敗主義者,失敗主義的 失败主义者,失败主义的
EncyclopediaSeedefeat

defeated


Related to defeated: undefeated
  • all
  • adj
  • noun

Synonyms for defeated

adj beaten

Synonyms

  • beaten
  • crushed
  • conquered
  • worsted
  • routed
  • overcome
  • overwhelmed
  • thrashed
  • licked
  • thwarted
  • overpowered
  • balked
  • trounced
  • vanquished
  • checkmated
  • bested

Antonyms

  • winning
  • successful
  • dominant
  • conquering
  • triumphant
  • victorious
  • undefeated
  • triumphal

Synonyms for defeated

noun people who are defeated

Synonyms

  • discomfited

Related Words

  • people

adj beaten or overcome

Related Words

  • unsuccessful

Antonyms

  • undefeated

adj disappointingly unsuccessful

Synonyms

  • disappointed
  • discomfited
  • foiled
  • frustrated
  • thwarted

Related Words

  • unsuccessful
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