秒词邦

n. 挫败；败北

vt. 战胜；击败；使...不能实现

defeat、beat、lose、defeated vs defeated
1. defeated：① 动词 defeat 的过去分词（如 Our team has defeated theirs 我们队打败了他们队）；② 形容词 “被打败的；受挫的”（如 a defeated army 被打败的军队；a defeated look 受挫的表情）；
2. 与 defeat（动词 “打败；击败”/ 名词 “失败；击败”，如 defeat the enemy 打败敌人；suffer a defeat 遭遇失败）混淆词性 ——defeat 是动词 / 名词（defeat sb 打败某人），defeated 是分词 / 形容词（be defeated 被打败），不可说 “we are defeat”，应为 “we are defeated”；
3. 与 beat（动词 “打败；拍打”，如 beat sb at chess 下棋打败某人）区别：defeat 侧重 “正式比赛或战争中击败”，beat 侧重 “日常比赛或打斗中打败”（defeat the opponent 击败对手，beat the thief 打跑小偷），且 beat 的过去式 / 过去分词是 beat/beaten（不可说 “we beaten them”，应为 “we beat them”）；
4. 与 lose（动词 “输掉；丢失”，如 lose the game 输掉比赛；lose a key 丢钥匙）区别：lose 是 “主动输掉”，defeated 是 “被动被打败”（we lost the game 我们输了比赛，we were defeated in the game 我们在比赛中被打败）；
5. 常见错误：defeat 作动词时，宾语是 “对手”（defeat the other team 正确），不可说 “defeat the game”（应为 “lose the game”）。

defeat，conquer，overcome，win。

这组词都可以表示“获胜”“打败”。它们的区别是win表示“获胜”“赢得”，指在竞赛或战斗中击败对方，宾语一般是战役或胜利等；conquer表示“征服”，此词应用范围很广，既可指靠武力或精神道德方面的力量使对方屈服，又可指在排除障碍和阻力后取得胜利，该词强调的不仅是击败对方，而且还包括使对方就范；defeat应用范围也很广，但不像conquer那样含有彻底击败或征服的意思，而是强调暂时的胜利；overcome的意思是“克服”“战胜”，既可用于战斗或任何竞赛，又可用于感情、习惯等方面，强调压倒或胜过。例如There has been a tremendous international effort to conquer cancer.全世界已作出了巨大努力来征服癌症。They acknowledged having been defeated.他们承认被打败了。We have the courage to overcome difficulties.我们有战胜困难的勇气。defeat of，defeat by。defeat of表示主动意义的战胜，of表示动宾关系；defeat by表示被动意义的战胜，by引出行动主体。试比较That was regarded as an Iranian defeat of Iraq.人们认为那是伊朗挫败了伊拉克。That was regarded as an Iranian defeat by Iraq.人们认为那是伊朗被伊拉克挫败。conquer，overcome，overthrow，defeat，beat，subdue。

这些动词均含“征服，战胜”的意思。conquer侧重战胜和控制。书面用词。overcome多指战胜或克服非物质的东西，如困难和不良习惯等。语气较弱也可指在斗争或竞争中战胜或压倒对方。overthrow指彻底击败对手，使其丧失力量和地位。defeat普通用词，多指在战争、比赛、竞选或辩论中战胜对手，侧重胜利的暂时性。beat口笔语均可用，可与defeat换用。subdue正式用词，与conquer同义，但强调失败后的臣服状态；也可用作借喻，表克制、压抑感情、欲望等。