•Napoleon was defeated by the Duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo.拿破伦在滑铁卢战役中被威灵顿公爵击败。

•If we can defeat the Italian team, we'll be through to the final.如果我们能打败义大利队，我们将晋身决赛。

•The proposal to change the rules was narrowly (= only just) defeated by 201 votes to 196.变更规则的提案仅以196票对201票的微弱劣势未获通过。

•Our ambitions for this tournament have been defeated by the weather.天气使我们赢得锦标赛的雄心壮志落空了。

•I'm afraid anything that involves language learning has always defeated me (= I have been unable to do it).恐怕凡是与学语言沾边的事都会把我给难倒。

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•At the last General Election, they suffered a crushing/humiliating defeat.在上次大选中，他们一败涂地。

•After their defeat in battle, the soldiers surrendered.士兵们在战斗中被打败后就投降了。

•She admitted/conceded defeat well before all the votes had been counted.选票尚未统计完毕，她就承认竞选失败了。

•I thought I could mend the radio myself, but I've had to admit defeat.本以为自己可以修好收音机，但是我不得不承认自己不行。