defeat [ di'fi:t] vt.战胜，击败；挫败
defeat [di'fi:t] vt. 击败;战胜
知己知彼,百战不殆 Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
to convert defeat into victory. 转败为胜
知己知彼,百战不殆
Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
motion defeated 动议遭否决
The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
对勇气的最大考验就是接受失败而仍不丧失信心。
no resign oneself to being defeated
不甘心于失败。
Her sharp, aggressive tone set in motion the events that led to her defeat.
她那尖刻、带有进攻性的口吻引发了那最后导致她下台的事件。
After many defeats, the war ended for us in ultimate victory.
吃了许多败仗后，最终还是我们打赢了战争。
The government conceded defeat as soon as the election results were known.
选举结果一公布，政府就承认失败了。
The news of the enemy's defeat quickly circulated round the town.
敌人惨败的消息很快传遍全城。
We are sure to defeat them.
我们一定会打败他们。
He owned himself defeated． 他承认自己失败了。
The defeat was a bitter pill to swallow.
那次失败是一次难以吞咽的苦果。
If we are to avoid defeat we need a change of leadership.
我们要避免失败的话，就要换掉领导人。
I tried to comfort him after he was defeated by his opponent.
他被对手击败后，我尽力安慰他。
The fighting around the airport continued for a week before the enemy was defeated.
机场附近的战斗持续了一个星期，敌军才被击溃。
That defeat meant the death of all my hopes.
那次失败毁灭了我所有的希望。
他从不认输。
That man never admits defeat.
He never admits he is wrong.
He is a sore loser.
He hates being defeated. (他讨厌失败。)
He can't handle defeat. (他是个输不起的人。)
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
怕吃败仗的就要打败仗。
To convert defeat into victoty.
反败为胜。
But has the last word been said? Is all hope to be lost? Is the defeat final? No!
Charles De Gaulle. French Puesident
但是难道败局已定，胜利已经无望？不，不能这样说！
法国总统戴高乐，C.
Never be unduly elated by victory or depressed by defeat.
H.Porter, American feneral
胜不矜，败不馁。
美国南北战争中的将领波特。H.
That sort of defeats are only stepping-stones.
W.Reid. American journalist and diplomat
那种失败只不过是前进的踏脚石。
美国记者、外交家里德。W.
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
Bonaparte Napoleon, French enperor
怕吃败仗的人必然要打败仗。
法国皇帝拿破仑.B.
No one can degrade us except ourselves; that if we are worthy, no influence can defeat us.
B.T.Washington, American educator
除了我们自己以外，没有人能贬低我们。如果我们坚强，就没有什么不良影响能够打败我们。
美国教育家华盛顿B T
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. ( W. G. McAdoo )
在争论中是无法击败无知者的。(麦卡杜)
败 fail; lose; defeat
败北 defeat; worse
败仗 defeat
挫败 foil; defeat; frustrate; beating
打败 overrule; beat; defeat; euchre; floorer; outfight; outplay; outrival; outsmart
击败 overpower; defeat; frustrate; vanquish; beat
失败 flop; balk; baulk; bungle; defeat; fail; failing; failure; fizzle; flivver; abort
战败 defeat; vanquish
败 fail; lose; defeat
败北 defeat; worse
败仗 defeat
挫败 foil; defeat; frustrate; beating
打败 overrule; beat; defeat; euchre; floorer; outfight; outplay; outrival; outsmart
击败 overpower; defeat; frustrate; vanquish; beat
失败 flop; balk; baulk; bungle; defeat; fail; failing; failure; fizzle; flivver; abort
战败 defeat; vanquish
败 [bài] /be defeated/to defeat/loss/
败北 [bài běi] /suffer defeat/lose a battle/
败绩 [bài jī] /be utterly defeated/be routed/
败退 [bài tuì] /retreat in defeat/
败仗 [bài zhàng] /lost battle/defeat/
败阵 [bài zhèn] /be defeated on the battlefield/be beaten in a contest/
弊 [bì] /detriment/fraud/harm/defeat/
敝 [bì] /my (polite)/poor/ruined/shabby/worn out/defeated/
挫败 [cuò bài] /thwart/defeat/foil (someone's plans, etc)/
打败 [dǎ bài] /to defeat/to overpower/to beat/to suffer a defeat/to be defeated/
打不过 [dǎ bu guò] /not to be able to beat or defeat sb./to be no match for/
击败 [jī bài] /defeat/beat/
南辕北辙 [nán yuán běi zhé] /(fig.) act in a way that defeats one's purpose/
失败 [shī bài] /be defeated/
失利 [shī lì] /suffer defeat/
顽强 [wán qiáng] /tenacious/hard to defeat/
Of course, the use of the Internet isn't the only way to defeat poverty.
当然，使用互联网不是惟一消灭贫困的方法。
And the Internet is not the only tool we have. But it has enormous potential.
互联网也不是我们所拥有的惟一工具，但它却有巨大的潜力。
{adj: astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying} so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
"such an enormous response was astonishing"
"an astounding achievement"
"the amount of money required was staggering"
"suffered a staggering defeat"
"the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying"
{adj: beatable, vanquishable, vincible} susceptible to being defeated
{adj: black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful} (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
"the stock market crashed on Black Friday"
"a calamitous defeat"
"the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"
"such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin
"it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur
"a fateful error"
{adj: black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful} (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
"Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson
"an ignominious retreat"
"inglorious defeat"
"an opprobrious monument to human greed"
"a shameful display of cowardice"
{adj: blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited} low in spirits
"lonely and blue in a strange city"
"depressed by the loss of his job"
"a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"
"downcast after his defeat"
"feeling discouraged and downhearted"
{adj: capital} of primary important
"our capital concern was to avoid defeat"
{adj: complete} having every necessary or normal part or component or step
"a complete meal"
"a complete wardrobe"
"a complete set of the Britannica"
"a complete set of china"
"a complete defeat"
"a complete accounting"
<-> incomplete
{adj: counterinsurgent} of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
{adj: defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted} 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"
{adj: defeated} beaten or overcome; not victorious
"the defeated enemy"
<-> undefeated
{adj: pyrrhic} of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans)
"a Pyrrhic victory"
{adj: self-defeating} acting to defeat its own purpose
"it is self-defeating...to ignore the progress of events"
{adj: stunning} causing great astonishment and consternation
"the strike came as a stunning protest against management"
"a stunning defeat"
{adj: unacceptable} not adequate to give satisfaction
"the coach told his players that defeat was unacceptable"
{adj: unbeatable} hard to defeat
"an unbeatable ball team"
{adj: undefeated} victorious
"undefeated in battle"
"an undefeated team"
<-> defeated
{adj: upset} used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
"the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers"
{adj: won} not subject to defeat
"with that move it's a won game"
<-> lost
{adv: badly} with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display
"they took their defeat badly"
"took her father's death badly"
"conducted himself very badly at the time of the earthquake"
<-> well
{adv: crushingly} in a crushing manner
"the team was crushingly defeated"
{adv: indecisively} without finality; inconclusively
"the battle ended indecisively; neither side had clearly won but neither side admitted defeat"
<-> decisively
{adv: privately, in private, in camera} kept private or confined to those intimately concerned
"it was discussed privately between the two men"
"privately, she thought differently"
"some member of his own party hoped privately for his defeat"
"he was questioned in private"
<-> publicly
{adv: thoroughly, soundly, good} in a complete and thorough manner (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
"he was soundly defeated"
"we beat him good"
{adv: under} down to defeat, death, or ruin
"their competitors went under"
{n: Actium} the naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC
{n: Aegospotami, Aegospotamos} a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War
{n: Agincourt} a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415
{n: Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa} Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC)
{n: Alfred, AElfred, Alfred the Great} king of Wessex; defeated the Danes and encouraged writing in English (849-899)
{n: Antony, Anthony, Mark Antony, Mark Anthony, Antonius, Marcus Antonius} Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
{n: Augustus, Gaius Octavianus, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, Octavian} Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)
{n: Austerlitz, battle of Austerlitz} a decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805); the French under Napoleon defeated the Russian armies of Czar Alexander I and the Austrian armies of Emperor Francis II
{n: Bannockburn} a battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland
{n: Battle of Puebla} a battle in which Mexican forces defeated the French in 1862
{n: Battle of the Marne, Belleau Wood, Chateau-Thierry, Marne River} a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918
{n: Battle of the Spanish Armada} in the English Channel a small fleet of British ships successfully defeated the large armada sent from Spain by Philip II to invade England
{n: Blenheim} the First Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the French in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession
{n: Borodino} Napoleon defeated the Russians in 1812 in a pitched battle at a village in western Russia west of Moscow, but irreparably weakened his army
{n: Bouvines} in 1214 the French under Philip Augustus defeated a coalition formed against him in one of the greatest battles of the middle ages
{n: Boyne, battle of Boyne} a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts
{n: Bragg, Braxton Bragg} Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876)
{n: Bruce, Robert the Bruce, Robert I} King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329)
{n: Brunanburh, battle of Brunanburh} a battle in 937 when Athelstan defeated the Scots
{n: Buena Vista} a pitched battle in the Mexican War in 1847; United States forces under Zachary Taylor defeated the Mexican forces under Santa Anna at a locality in northern Mexico
{n: Bull Run, Battle of Bull Run} either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles
{n: Bunker Hill, battle of Bunker Hill} the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces
{n: Burnside, A. E. Burnside, Ambrose Everett Burnside} United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881)
{n: Cannae} ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC
{n: Cape Trafalgar} a small cape in southwestern Spain
"Nelson defeated the French and Spanish fleets off Cape Trafalgar in 1805"
{n: Caporetto, battle of Caporetto} battle of World War I (1917); Italians were defeated by the Austrian and German forces
{n: Caudine Forks} a battle in the Apennines in 321 BC in which the Samnites defeated the Romans
{n: Chaeronea} a battle in which Philip II of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC) and also Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC)
{n: Chalons, Chalons-sur-Marne} the battle in which Attila the Hun was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451
{n: Chancellorsville} a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker
{n: Charles, Charles VII} King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461)
{n: Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Chung-cheng} Chinese military and political figure; in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975)
{n: Chickamauga, battle of Chickamauga} a Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863); Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces
{n: Chino-Japanese War, Sino-Japanese War} a war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the control of the Korean Peninsula; China was overwhelmingly defeated at Port Arthur
{n: Coral Sea, battle of the Coral Sea} a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers
{n: Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis} commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)
{n: Cortes, Cortez, Hernando Cortes, Hernando Cortez, Hernan Cortes, Hernan Cortez} Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)
{n: Counterterrorist Center, CTC} an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage
{n: Cowpens, battle of Cowpens} battle in the American Revolution; Americans under Daniel Morgan defeated the British
{n: Crazy Horse, Tashunca-Uitco} a chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn (1849-1877)
{n: Crecy, battle of Crecy} the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois
{n: Cunaxa, battle of Cunaxa} battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne
{n: Cynoscephalae, battle of Cynoscephalae} the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece
{n: Cynoscephalae} the fields in Thessaly where in 197 BC the Romans defeated the Macedonians
{n: Cyrus, Cyrus the Younger} Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC)
{n: Dardanelles, Dardanelles campaign} the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia; defeated by the Turks
{n: Darius I, Darius the Great} king of Persia who expanded the empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the battle of Marathon (550-486 BC)
{n: Darius III} king of Persia who was defeated by Alexander the Great; his murder effectively ended the Persian Empire (died in 330 BC)
{n: Demetrius, Demetrius I, Demetrius Poliorcetes} son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC)
{n: Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy} British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)
{n: Drake, Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake} English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
{n: Dunkirk} a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat
"the Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there"
{n: Edmund II, Edmund Ironside} king of the English who led resistance to Canute but was defeated and forced to divide the kingdom with Canute (980-1016)
{n: Edward, Black Prince} son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376)
{n: Edward, Edward II} King of England from 1307 to 1327 and son of Edward I; was defeated at Bannockburn by the Scots led by Robert the Bruce; was deposed and died in prison (1284-1327)
{n: Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower, Ike, President Eisenhower} United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961)
{n: Elizabeth, Elizabeth I} Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603)
{n: Elli} (Norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match
{n: Flaminius, Gaius Flaminius} Roman statesman and general who built the Flaminian Way; died when he was defeated by Hannibal (died 217 BC)
{n: Flodden, Battle of Flodden Field} a battle in 1513; the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV was killed
{n: Flodden} a hill in Northumberland where the invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513
{n: Fontenoy, Battle of Fontenoy} a battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the duke of Cumberland
{n: Forces of Umar Al-Mukhtar, Umar al-Mukhtar Forces} a little known Palestinian group responsible for bombings and for killing Israelis; seeks to defeat Israel and liberate southern Lebanon, Palestine, and Golan Heights
{n: Francis Joseph, Franz Joseph, Francis Joseph I, Franz Josef I} emperor of Austria and king of Hungary; was defeated by Napoleon III at the battle of Magenta (1830-1916)
{n: Fredericksburg, Battle of Fredericksburg} an important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union's army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee
{n: Frobisher, Sir Martin Frobisher} English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594)
{n: Gettysburg, Battle of Gettysburg} a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate army was a major victory for the Union
{n: Hannibal} general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC)
{n: Hastings, battle of Hastings} the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest
{n: Hawkins, Hawkyns, Sir John Hawkins, Sir John Hawkyns} English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595)
{n: Henry VII, Henry Tudor} first Tudor king of England from 1485 to 1509; head of the house of Lancaster in the War of the Roses; defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field and was proclaimed king; married the daughter of Edward IV and so united the houses of York and Lancaster (1457-1509)
{n: Henry V} son of Henry IV and King of England from 1413 to 1422; reopened the Hundred Years' War and defeated the French at Agincourt (1387-1422)
{n: Hohenlinden, battle of Hohenlinden} a battle during the Napoleonic Wars (1800); the French defeated the Austrians
{n: Hooker, Joseph Hooker, Fighting Joe Hooker} United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)
{n: Hoover, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, President Hoover} 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)
{n: Ipsus, battle of Ipsus} a battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC); Lysimachus and Seleucus defeated Antigonus and Demetrius
{n: Issus, battle of Issus} a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III
{n: Ivry, battle of Ivry, Ivry la Bataille} a battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne
{n: Iwo, Iwo Jima, invasion of Iwo} a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945)
{n: James, James IV} a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
{n: Jena, Battle of Jena} the battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians
{n: Karpov, Anatoli Karpov, Anatoli Yevgenevich Karpov} Russian chess master who was world champion from 1975 until 1985 when he was defeated by Gary Kasparov (born in 1951)
{n: Kasparov, Gary Kasparov, Gary Weinstein} Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963)
{n: Khmer Rouge, KR, Party of Democratic Kampuchea, Communist Party of Kampuchea} a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999
{n: Leuctra, battle of Leuctra} Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC; the battle ended Sparta's military supremacy in Greece
{n: Lule Burgas, battle of Lule Burgas} the principal battle of the Balkan Wars (1912); Bulgarian forces defeated the Turks
{n: Lutzen, battle of Lutzen} a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1632); Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein; Gustavus Adolphus was killed
{n: Lysander} Spartan general who defeated the Athenians in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (died in 395 BC)
{n: Lysimachus} Macedonian general under Alexander the Great; with Seleucus he defeated Antigonus and Demetrius at the battle of Ipsus (circa 355-281 BC)
{n: Macedonian War} one the four wars between Macedonia and Rome in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, which ended in the defeat of Macedonia and its annexation as a Roman province
{n: Magenta, Battle of Magenta} a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
{n: Maldon, Battle of Maldon} a battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem
{n: Manila Bay} a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet
{n: Marathon, battle of Marathon} a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians
{n: Marston Moor, battle of Marston Moor} a battle in 1644 in which the Parliamentarians under the earl of Manchester defeated the Royalists under Prince Rupert
{n: Metaurus River} a battle during the second Punic War (207 BC); Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal was defeated by the Romans which ended Hannibal's hopes for success in Italy
{n: Midway, Battle of Midway} naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands
{n: Miltiades} Athenian general who defeated the Persians at Marathon (540-489)
{n: Minden, battle of Minden} a battle in the Seven Years' War (1759) in which the English forces and their allies defeated the French
{n: Mithridates, Mithridates VI, Mithridates the Great} ancient king of Pontus who expanded his kingdom by defeating the Romans but was later driven out by Pompey (132-63 BC)
{n: Morgan, Daniel Morgan} soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802)
{n: Mount Carmel} a mountain range in northwestern Israel near the Mediterranean coast
"according to the Old Testament, Elijah defeated the priests of Baal at Mount Carmel"
{n: Navarino, battle of Navarino} a decisive naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827); the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by an allied fleet of British and French and Russian warships
{n: Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson, Admiral Nelson, Lord Nelson} English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805)
{n: North Vietnam} a former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when South Vietnam collapsed at the end of the Vietnam War
{n: Omdurman, battle of Omdurman} a battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese
{n: Operation Desert Storm} the United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted 100 hours (1991)
{n: Panipat, battle of Panipat} battle in which the ruler of Afghanistan defeated the Mahrattas in 1761
{n: Peloponnesian War} a war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta; 431-404 BC
{n: Perry, Oliver Hazard Perry, Commodore Perry} United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819)
{n: Petersburg, Petersburg Campaign} the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee
{n: Pharsalus, battle of Pharsalus} Caesar defeated Pompey in 48 BC
{n: Philip V} king of ancient Macedonia whose confrontations with the Romans led to his defeat and his loss of control over Greece
{n: Philippi, battle of Philippi} Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC
{n: Plataea, battle of Plataea} a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC
{n: Poitiers, battle of Poitiers} the battle in 1356 in which the English under the Black Prince defeated the French
{n: Pyrrhus} king of Epirus; defeated the Romans in two battles in spite of staggering losses (319-272 BC)
{n: Richard III} King of England from 1483 to 1485; seized the throne from his nephew Edward V who was confined to the Tower of London and murdered; his reign ended when he was defeated by Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) at the battle of Bosworth Field (1452-1485)
{n: Rocroi, Battle of Rocroi} a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643); the French defeated the Spanish invaders
{n: Rossbach, battle of Rossbach} a battle in the Seven Years' War (1757); Prussian forces under Frederick the Great defeated the armies of France and Austria
{n: Saladin, Salah-ad-Din Yusuf ibn-Ayyub} sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193)
{n: Saratoga, battle of Saratoga} a battle during the American Revolution (1777); the British under Burgoyne were defeated
{n: Scipio, Scipio Africanus, Scipio Africanus Major, Publius Cornelius Scipio, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major, Scipio the Elder} Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)
{n: Scott, Winfield Scott} United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866)
{n: Sennacherib} king of Assyria who invaded Judea twice and defeated Babylon and rebuilt Nineveh after it had been destroyed by Babylonians (died in 681 BC)
{n: Seventh Crusade} a Crusade initiated in 1248 after the loss of Jerusalem in 1244 and defeated in 1249
{n: Siraj-ud-daula} Indian general and nawab of Bengal who opposed the colonization of India by England; he captured Calcutta in 1756 and many of his prisoners suffocated in a crowded room that became known as the Black Hole of Calcutta; he was defeated at the battle of Plassey by a group of Indian nobles in alliance with Robert Clive (1728-1757)
{n: Soissons, battle of Soissons-Reims, battle of the Chemin-des-Dames, battle of the Aisne} a battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure
{n: South Vietnam} a former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when it was defeated and annexed by North Vietnam
{n: Tewkesbury, battle of Tewkesbury} the final battle of the War of the Roses in 1471 in which Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians
{n: Theseus} (Greek mythology) a hero and king of Athens who was noted for his many great deeds: killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and defeated the Amazons and united Attica
{n: Trafalgar, battle of Trafalgar} a naval battle in 1805 off the southwest coast of Spain; the French and Spanish fleets were defeated by the English under Nelson (who was mortally wounded)
{n: Trasimeno, battle of Trasimeno} a battle in central Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans under Flaminius in 217 BC
{n: Tsushima} a naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905); the Japanese fleet defeated the Russian fleet in the Korean Strait
{n: Tunney, Gene Tunney, James Joseph Tunney} United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978)
{n: Valmy, battle of Valmy} the French defeated the Austrian and Prussian troops in 1792 (with a famous cannonade from the French artillery)
{n: Volgograd, Stalingrad, Tsaritsyn} a city in the European part of Russia on the Volga; site of German defeat in World War II in the winter of 1942-43
{n: Wagram, battle of Wagram} a battle in the Napoleonic campaigns (1809); Napoleon defeated the Austrians
{n: Wallace, Sir William Wallace} Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305)
{n: Waterloo} a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat
{n: Wavell, Archibald Percival Wavell, First Earl Wavell} British field marshal in North Africa in World War II; he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950)
{n: Wellington, Duke of Wellington, First Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Iron Duke} British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
{n: West Germany, Federal Republic of Germany} a republic in north central Europe on the North Sea; established in 1949 from the zones of Germany occupied by the British and French and Americans after the German defeat; reunified with East Germany in 1990
{n: William I, William the Conqueror} duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England; he defeated Harold II at the battle of Hastings in 1066 and introduced many Norman customs into England (1027-1087)
{n: Xerxes I, Xerxes the Great} king of Persia who led a vast army against Greece and won the battle of Thermopylae but was eventually defeated (519-465 BC)
{n: Zama, battle of Zama} the battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War
{n: air, aura, atmosphere} a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
"an air of mystery"
"the house had a neglected air"
"an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"
"the place had an aura of romance"
{n: countermine} (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy
{n: defeat, licking} an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
"it was a narrow defeat"
"the army's only defeat"
"they suffered a convincing licking"
<-> victory
{n: defeated, discomfited} people who are defeated
"the Romans had no pity for the defeated"
{n: defeatism} acceptance of the inevitability of defeat
{n: defeatist, negativist} someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions
{n: domination, mastery, supremacy} power to dominate or defeat
"mastery of the seas"
{n: drought, drouth} a prolonged shortage
"when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought"
{n: frustration, defeat} the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
{n: giving up, yielding, surrender} a verbal act of admitting defeat
{n: heir apparent} an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor
<-> heir presumptive
{n: heir presumptive} a person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative
<-> heir apparent
{n: indomitability, invincibility} the property being difficult or impossible to defeat
{n: landslide} an overwhelming electoral victory
"Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide"
{n: limited war} a war whose objective is less than the unconditional defeat of the enemy
{n: lost cause} a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable
{n: lurch} a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
{n: military governor} the head of a government established by the military (as in a defeated country)
{n: pacification, counterinsurgency} actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
{n: quarter} clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
"he surrendered but asked for quarter"
{n: reparation} (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors
"Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after World War I"
{n: retreat} (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
"the disorderly retreat of French troops"
{n: rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender} the contestant you hope to defeat
"he had respect for his rivals"
"he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
{n: rout} an overwhelming defeat
{n: shutout, skunk} a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
{n: sport} a person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances
"a good sport"
"a poor sport"
{n: subjugator} a conqueror who defeats and enslaves
{n: thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping} a sound defeat
{n: upsetter} an unexpected winner; someone who defeats the favorite competitor
{n: victor, master, superior} a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
{n: victory, triumph} a successful ending of a struggle or contest
"a narrow victory"
"the general always gets credit for his army's victory"
"clinched a victory"
"convincing victory"
"the agreement was a triumph for common sense"
<-> defeat
{n: waterloo} a final crushing defeat
"he met his waterloo"
{n: whitewash} a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
{v: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish} come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
"Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"
"We beat the competition"
"Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
{v: cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey} defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
{v: concede} acknowledge defeat
"The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"
{v: cut to ribbons} defeat totally
"We must cut the other team to ribbons!"
{v: demolish, destroy} defeat soundly
"The home team demolished the visitors"
{v: dominate, master} have dominance or the power to defeat over
"Her pain completely mastered her"
"The methods can master the problems"
{v: down} bring down or defeat (an opponent)
{v: drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge} give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope ; admit defeat
"In the second round, the challenger gave up"
<-> enter
{v: fall} suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
"We must stand or fall"
"fall by the wayside"
{v: gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground} obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
"The home team was gaining ground"
"After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"
<-> fall back
{v: get even, get back} take revenge or even out a score
"I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even"
{v: get the better of, overcome, defeat} win a victory over
"You must overcome all difficulties"
"defeat your enemies"
"He overcame his shyness"
"She conquered here fear of mice"
"He overcame his infirmity"
"Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
{v: go down} be defeated
"If America goes down, the free world will go down, too"
{v: kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out} thwart the passage of
"kill a motion"
"he shot down the student's proposal"
{v: lurch, skunk} defeat by a lurch
{v: nose} defeat by a narrow margin
{v: outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outsmart} defeat by more skillful maneuvering
"The English troops putmaneuvered the Germans"
"My new superviser knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations"
{v: outplay} excel or defeat in a game
"The Knicks outplayed the Mets"
{v: outvote} defeat by a majority of votes
"The Democrats outvoted the Republicans"
{v: overleap} defeat (oneself) by going too far
{v: overrun} seize the position of and defeat
"the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"
{v: rearm, re-arm} arm anew
"After the war, the defeated country was not allowed to rearm"
{v: rearm} arm again
"After the war, the defeated country was not rearmed by the victors"
{v: spread-eagle, spreadeagle, rout} defeat disastrously
{v: steamroller, steamroll} bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure
"The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat"
{v: take it on the chin} undergo failure or defeat
{v: tumble} suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
{v: upset} defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
"The foreign team upset the local team"
{v: wallop} defeat soundly and utterly
"We'll wallop them!"
{v: worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up} defeat thoroughly
"He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
Their heads hung down. There they were, coming down the hill, returning like a badly defeated army.
他们耷拉着脑袋，从山上下来，像一支军队惨败而归。
" It's all in your head, " I kept repeating desperately.
"全是胡思乱想， "我拼命反复地提醒自己。
" There is no danger.
"没有危险。
It's all in your head. "
完全是胡思乱想。 "
Yet I couldn't defeat the terror.
然而我就是不能战胜恐惧。
Wilson, an increasingly popular figure, is elected but the Capello brothers, running for the council, are defeated.
越来越受人欢迎的威尔逊当选了，但卡佩洛兄弟竟选市政委员遭到失败。
During the troubled 1920s, when Jews were being singled out by Hitler's rising Nazi Party as the cause of Germany's defeat and economic woes, Einstein and what the Nazis called his ewish physics were a favorite target.
然而，让人疑惑不解的是，他却协助研制了一用于德军潜艇的旋转罗盘。在多灾多难的 20世纪 20年代，犹太人被希特勒领导下的纳粹视为德国一战战败和经济陷入困境的唯一原因，爱因斯坦及纳粹所谓的犹太物理学成为攻击的首要目标。
But they were defeated at least in part by a pathologist who carried off his brain in hopes of learning the secrets of his genius.
不过，他们的这努力在一定程度上还是被一位病理学家挫败了。后者拿走了爱因斯坦的大脑，希望弄清这位天才的秘密。
It's a parable of sisterhood: hens who endure life's drab defeats while hoping and scratching for a break.
它是一部姐妹情寓言：一群母鸡，它们忍受受单调生活的折磨，满希望去争取一次突破。
Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the devices brought a horrific end to World War II and left Japan defeated and devastated.
随着美国人向广岛与长崎投放原子弹，第二次世界大战就以这样一个令人毛骨悚然的结局而告终。作为战败国，日本损失惨重。
In September 1945 Emperor Hirohito, shamed by defeat, explained in a letter to his 12-year-old son Akihito that Japan's military had over-emphasized martial spirit and neglected science. 1945年 9月，蒙受战败耻辱的裕仁天皇在写给他 12岁的儿子明仁的信中解释说，日本军方过度强调武士道精神，而忽略了科学的力量。
Strengthening these boats however, could make them heavier and slower - thus defeating their design priorities of lightness and speed.
不过船体加固工作会增加船只的重量，减缓行驶速度，抵消了原先设计赋予它们的重量轻、速度快的优势。
"Our troops are fighting these terrorists in Iraq, so you will not have to face them here at home," he said. "We mourn every one of these brave men and women who have given his or her life for our liberty. The terrorists know they cannot defeat our troops, so they seek to weaken our nation's resolve."
布什说：“我们的部队正在伊拉克打击这些恐怖分子，这样你才不会在美国遭遇恐怖袭击。我对每一位为了我们的自由而献出生命的英勇的男女军人表示哀悼。恐怖分子知道他们无法打败我们的军队。所以他们企图瓦解我们国家的决心。”
"Everybody envisages a time when Iraq is not just a sovereign country and a democratic country but a country capable of looking after its own security with this terrorism and insurgency defeated," he added.
布莱尔说：“每个人都期待着有一天，伊拉克不但是一个拥有主权的民主国家，而且有能力保卫自己的安全，打败恐怖主义和暴乱分子。”
"In this time of unprecedented dangers, we need you to take on two difficult missions at once. We need you to defeat the terrorists who want to destroy what we stand for and how we live, and at the same time we need you to transform our military for the 21st Century so we can deter and defeat the new adversaries who may threaten our people in the decades ahead," he said.
布什总统说：“面对前所未有的危险，我们需要你们同时肩负两个任务。一方面，我们需要你们打败恐怖主义者，因为他们想破坏我们的主张和我们的生活方式。同时，我们需要你们将我们的军队建设成21世纪的部队，使我们能威摄并打败我们新的敌人，这些敌人可能在几十年以后对我们构成威胁。”
More than 50 world leaders, including President Bush and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, are preparing to gather in Russia for events marking the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II in Europe.
布什总统和联合国秘书长安南等50多位世界各国领导人，准备参加在俄罗斯举行的庆祝活动，纪念德国纳粹战败和二战在欧洲结束。
Mr. Putin says the lessons of World War II emphasize the need for the global community to fight against modern day threats like international terrorism, which he says now poses the greatest risk to humankind. As it was 60 years ago, he says, it is only possible to defeat this threat with solidarity and mutual trust.
普京说：“二战的教训突出地说明了世界各国有必要团结一致打击现代世界的威胁，像国际恐怖主义。”他说，国际恐怖主义是当今对人类的最大威胁。他说，就象60年前一样，只有团结一致、相互信任才是消除这种威胁的唯一途径。
"I am pleased with the response from around the world," he said. "I appreciate so many nations understanding that we must work together to defeat these killers. I am mindful of the fact that we have constantly got to review our plans and never lose our will."
布什总统说：“我对世界各地的反映感到欣慰；许多国家都意识到，我们必须共同努力，战胜这些杀人凶手，对此我表示赞赏。我们必须不断审议我们的计划，永远不能丧失意志。”
Mr. McClellan says continuing to move toward this month's scheduled elections is an important part of defeating what he says is the terrorist ambition of returning to a past of tyranny and oppression.
迈克莱伦说，继续推动并如期实施本月底的大选计划是粉碎恐怖分子妄图复辟昔日暴政和压迫的野心的重要组成部份。
With his trademark checkered black and white kafiyah and scruffy beard, Yasser Arafat jetted around the world promoting the cause of his people. He survived assassination attempts and a plane crash and managed to bounce back after serious political and military defeats.
戴着他招牌式的白黑格头巾和他的蓬乱的大胡子，阿拉法特在世界各地活动，推动巴勒斯坦人的事业。他在多次暗杀企图中幸存，并且在一次飞机失事中幸免于难。在一次又一次的政治和军事挫败中，他总是能够东山再起。
F60.7
Dependent personality disorder
Personality disorder characterized by pervasive passive reliance on other people to make
one's major and minor life decisions, great fear of abandonment, feelings of helplessness
and incompetence, passive compliance with the wishes of elders and others, and a weak
response to the demands of daily life. Lack of vigour may show itself in the intellectual
or emotional spheres; there is often a tendency to transfer responsibility to others.
Personality (disorder):
. asthenic
. inadequate
. passive
. self-defeating
依赖性人格违常
此种人格违常有下列特徵 ： 依赖他人为自己做重大
事情和日常生活之决定 ； 非常害怕被放弃 ； 感到无
助和无法胜任事情 ； 被动地顺从长者或他人的期望
； 对日常生活所需不太有反应。在智力功能或情绪
方面常表现出缺乏精力 ； 有将责任托附在别人身上
之倾向。
人格 （ 违常 ） ：
． 无力性人格违常
． 不能胜任性人格违常
． 被动性人格违常
． 自我贬抑性人格违常
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