defeater
/dih-feet/US // dɪˈfit //UK // (dɪˈfiːt) //
败家子,击溃者,挫败者,溃败者
Related Words
blow打击,吹,打吹,吹吹loss损失,亏损,损耗,丧失massacre大屠杀,大屠杀事件,屠城,屠城事件collapse崩溃,坍塌,崩塌,塌陷embarrassment尴尬,窘迫,窘迫感,困窘drubbing殴打,擦伤,击溃,捣毁rout溃败,溃散,溃疡,溃决thrashing鞭打,殴打,惊心动魄,激动人心setback后退,挫折,倒退,后移killing杀人,杀害,杀死,扼杀failure失败,故障,失败者,失效debacle溃败,灾难性事件,残局,灾难breakdown崩溃,细分,分项,分解beating殴打,敲打,挨打,搏击triumph大胜,凯旋,胜利,凯旋门destruction毁灭,销毁,破坏,毁坏downfall垮台,衰落,堕落,沦落disappointment失望,失落,失败,失意reversal逆转,反转,逆转的,颠覆crush粉碎,碾压,压碎,破碎
Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to overcome in a contest, election, battle, etc.; prevail over; vanquish: They defeated the enemy. She defeated her brother at tennis.
- : to frustrate; thwart.
- : to eliminate or deprive of something expected: The early returns defeated his hopes of election.
- : Law. to annul.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the act of overcoming in a contest: an overwhelming defeat of all opposition.
- : an instance of defeat; setback: He considered his defeat a personal affront.
- : an overthrow or overturning; vanquishment: the defeat of a government.
- : a bringing to naught; frustration: the defeat of all his hopes and dreams.
- : the act or event of being bested; losing: Defeat is not something she abides easily.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The uprising — a 1916 rebellion by republicans against British rule in Ireland — made the front page of the New York Times for eight consecutive days before ending in defeat when leader Pádraic Pearse issued his unconditional surrender.
After defeats of Penn State and Michigan, it’s kind of hard to argue.
She couldn’t get her version through, and after multiple defeats had to settle for a greatly scaled back proposal.
Currently, Perdue’s lead is double the margin of defeat that Stacey Abrams faced for governor just two years ago.
Harrison's campaign did not anticipate the scale of that defeat.
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