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2.defeat vt.战胜,击败 [高考佳句] Only five years after Steve Jobs’ death,smart-phones defeated conventional PCs in sales.史蒂夫·乔布斯死后仅五年,智能手机在销售中就击败了传统的个人电脑。(2017·江苏卷,单项填空) defeat sb打败某人 suffer a defeat战败;遭受挫败 bring defeat upon oneself招致失败 词义精析 (1)defeat既可以表示战胜比赛或竞技对手,也可以表示在战争中打败敌人; (2)beat主要用于竞技或比赛中战胜对手,另有“拍打,心跳”等意; (3)win则用表示比赛、战斗、奖品、荣誉、好感等的词汇做宾语。