【defeat音标】 英[dɪˈfi:t] 美[dɪˈfi:t]
【单词释义】 defeat是什么意思：
vt.击败，战胜；挫败；[法]宣告无效，作废
n.[C,U]战胜；失败；[法]废除
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] defeats [第三人称单数] defeats
[单词现在分词] defeating
[单词过去式] defeated
[单词过去分词] defeated
【defeat形近词/近似词】
wheat n.[U]小麦
repeat v.重复；重做 n.（节目）重演；重复；重复的事物
cheat v. 欺骗；误导；作弊 n. 欺骗（行为）
sweat v. 出汗；使流出 n.汗水
pleat n.（衣服上的）褶 vt.使打褶
bleat n. （羊的）咩咩声，（小牛的）哞声 v. （羊）咩咩叫，牛（哞哞叫）；低声说话；抱怨
【近义词解析】
◇ 失败
defeat (n. 失败)：多指在与某一方的对抗中所遭遇的失败，如在战争、比赛、竞选等中的失利，也可泛指未能做成某事。
failure （n. 失败；失败的人，失败的事)：指做某事时未能达成目标，也可指不成功的人或事。
【单词例句】
◇ When the construction of the firework factory came to the stage of painting, a pump was put in. Then, all the painters in the neighbourhood were defeated by a severe disease whose characteristic was alike to that of a bad burn.
当那座烟花工厂的建设到了油漆阶段时，一个水泵被安装进来，接着，在它附近的油漆工都得了一种严重的疾病（疾病击败油漆工），其特征与烧伤相似。
---- A Strange Disease