defeat vt .击败； 战胜； 使受挫

　　The enemy was defeated in that battle. Our hopes were finally defeated．

　　考点延伸

1)defeat还可以作名词，泛指"失败，输"时，是不可数名词；作为"具体失败的事情"讲时是可数名词。如：

　　No matter what they do，they are doomed to defeat．

　　Can you still remember the two defeats?

　　2)辨析win，beat和defeat：

　词语 　意义 　所跟宾语 　win 　赢得，获胜 　奖品、奖金、名誉、财产、战争等 　beat 　击败，战胜 　比赛、竞争中的队或对手，或战争中的敌人 　defeat 　击败，战胜 　对手（用法同beat）、疾病等 　　活学活用

　　1)In that battle，our soldiers the enemy．

　　2)At the school sports meeting，my class Class 3 and ____ the basketball match．

　　2．John Snow was a famous doctor in London--so expert，indeed，that he attended Queen Victoria as her personal physician．

　　考点：attend vt．照顾；护理；出席；参加

　　The woman's sons and daughters attend her every day．

　　They will attend an important meeting．

　　Will you attend the wedding ceremony tomorrow?

　　考点延伸：派生词：attendance n．出席，参加，上学(不可数)

　　attendant adj．&n．伴随的；服务员

　　活学活用

　　I can't go to the party with you this afternoon because I have an Important meeting to ．

　　3．But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people exposed to cholera．

过去分词短语exposed to cholera作后置定语修饰ordinary people。