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worst + someone/something
及物动词，后接被击败的人或队伍。
The team worsted their rivals in the final match.
该队在决赛中彻底击败了对手。
打败；击败；战胜
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
打败；击败；战胜
defeat thoroughly
The team worsted their rivals in the final match.
该队在决赛中彻底击败了对手。
彻底打败
defeat thoroughly
worst
Base
原形
worsts
3rd person
第三人称单数
worsting
-ing
现在分词
worsted
Past
过去式
worsted
Past participle
过去分词
He always worsts his opponents in debate.
他总是在辩论中彻底击败对手。
She worsted the champion in the final match.
她在决赛中彻底击败了冠军。
Our team has worsted every rival this season.
我们这个赛季已经击败了所有对手。
规则动词：worst（彻底打败）
After a long final, the young challenger worsted the defending champion.
经过漫长的决赛，这位年轻的挑战者彻底击败了卫冕冠军。
Our team has worsted every rival this season.
我们队本赛季已经彻底击败了每一个对手。
If you train hard, you can worst most opponents.
如果你刻苦训练，就能打败大多数对手。
及物动词，后接被击败的人或队伍。
The team worsted their rivals in the final match.
该队在决赛中彻底击败了对手。
被动语态，表示被某人或某物击败。
The defending champion was worsted by a newcomer.
卫冕冠军被一名新手彻底击败。
Not this
He worst me in the game.
Use this
He worsted me in the game.
动词"worst"的过去式应为"worsted"，不能直接使用原形表示过去动作。
Not this
He is worst in the competition.
Use this
He worsted his opponent in the competition.
"worst"作动词意为"彻底击败"，而非形容词"最坏的"；应使用过去式及宾语。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
被彻底打败；落败
The home team was worsted in the final match.
主队在决赛中被彻底打败。
彻底击败对手
She worsted her opponent in three moves.
她只用了三步就彻底击败了对手。
击败所有对手；战胜全场
The young runner worsted the field and took the gold.
这位年轻选手击败了所有对手，夺得金牌。
击败卫冕冠军
The challenger worsted the defending champion in straight sets.
挑战者直落三盘击败了卫冕冠军。
最坏的情况下；大不了
At worst, the meeting will run fifteen minutes over.
最坏的情况下，会议也只会超时十五分钟。
如果情况坏到极点；万一发生最坏的情况
If worst comes to worst, we can cancel the trip and get a refund.
万一发生最坏的情况，我们可以取消旅行并拿到退款。
被打败；吃亏；处于劣势
The two companies competed fiercely, but the smaller one got the worst of it.
两家公司竞争激烈，但较小的那家吃了亏。
Use worst naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：把对手打到最差（worst）的地步——意思就是彻底打败。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式书面语、历史或文学叙述 作动词表示“彻底打败”时，通常用于正式、书面或文学性语境，日常口语中较少出现；口语中更常用 defeat 或 beat。
以上六个词均以 /ɜːst/ 音结尾，与 worst（动词，意为“彻底打败”）押韵。注意形近词 worse（/wɜːs/）和 worth（/wɜːθ/）并不与 worst 押韵。
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