知识扩展
相关变形拓展
三单：defeats→过去式：defeated→过去分词：defeated→现在分词：defeating→复数：defeats→相关词：beat(打败)；conquer(征服)；overcome(战胜)
易混词辨析
beat、failure、defeat
1. defeat：动词 / 名词 “打败；失败”，搭配 “defeat the enemy（打败敌人）、suffer a defeat（遭遇失败）”；
2. beat：动词 “打败”（口语化，“beat sb.”=“defeat sb.”），名词 “节拍”；
3. failure：名词 “失败（抽象）”，“suffer failure” 侧重 “结果”，“suffer defeat” 侧重 “被打败的过程”；
4. 学生常混淆 “defeat”（可作动 / 名词）与 “failure”（仅名词）。
单词用法
defeat的基本意思是用武力或智谋“打败”“使屈服”，表示“占上风”，含有可能只是暂时挫败或牵制对方的意味。引申可以表示“难住”。defeat是及物动词，接名词或代词作宾语，可用于被动结构。
精选例句
1、 Our team was defeated in the football match.
我们队在足球比赛中输了。（重点：defeat作动词表“击败”，主语通常是人或团队，易与beat混淆，beat侧重打败对手）
来源:【中考难度例句】秒词邦编辑整理
2、 As a parent, I hated seeing my daughter playing her best, but still defeated.
作为一名家长，我讨厌看到我的女儿发挥出最好的水平，但仍然失败。
来源:2015年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文
1、 Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated.
作为新队的教练，我很兴奋，因为我知道我们会赢，但令我失望的是，我们被击败了。
来源:2018年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文
1、 But on the more important matter of the Constitution, the decision was an 8-0 defeat for the Administration’s effort to upset the balance of power between the federal government and the states.
但是，在更重要的宪法问题上，奥巴马政府试图打破联邦政府和各州之间权力平衡的努力以8比0的结果失败。
来源:2013 年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语（一）Text 4
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