Word · Frequency #2560
defeated
击败；战胜
defeated is the past of defeat.
to win against someone in a game, battle, or competition
- 1.
To overcome in battle or contest.
在战斗或竞赛中战胜。
- 2.
To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
使力量化为乌有。
- 3.
To nullify
使无效。
- 4.
win a victory over
击败
- 5.
To prevent (something) from being achieved.
阻止(某事)实现。
使失败；使无效；挫败；在战斗或竞赛中战胜。；使力量化为乌有。；使无效。；击败
In use
Our team defeated the champions in the final match.
The army is defeating the enemy forces.
She has defeated her fear of public speaking.
defeat your enemies
Verb forms
base defeat · third person defeats · -ing defeating · past defeated · past participle defeated
Connections
Collocations
- defeat an opponent
- 击败对手
- She defeated her opponent in the final match.她在决赛中击败了对手。
- defeat the enemy
- 击败敌人
- The army defeated the enemy after a long battle.军队在长期战斗后击败了敌人。
- defeat the purpose
- 使目的无法实现；让…失去意义
- Making the test too easy defeats the purpose of testing knowledge.把考试出得太容易就失去了测试知识的意义。
- defeat a team
- 击败一支球队
- Our school team defeated the visiting team by three goals.我们校队以三球击败了客队。
- narrowly defeat
- 以微弱优势击败
- The candidate narrowly defeated his rival in the election.这位候选人在选举中以微弱优势击败了对手。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：defeat 中含 feat（功绩、壮举），击败就是把对方的 feat 打掉，取得胜利。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：体育比赛、战争/军事冲突、政治选举 defeat 作动词时，最常见于比赛、战争、选举等对抗性场景，表示击败或战胜对手。这种用法在日常口语和书面语中都比较常见，语气通常呈中性；在正式文件中也可使用，但不必刻意区分正式与非正式。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 defeat 押韵的词（都读 /iːt/）：feat、treat、wheat、sweet。注意形近但音异的词：great /ɡreɪt/、threat /θrɛt/，不要按拼写读成 /ɡriːt/ 或 /θriːt/。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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