conquer, overcome, overthrow, defeat, beat, subdue

名詞 defeat:

1. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
   同義詞：licking
2. the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
   同義詞：frustration

動(dòng)詞 defeat:

1. win a victory over
   同義詞：get the better of, overcome
2. thwart the passage of
   同義詞：kill, shoot down, vote down, vote out

1. He was depressed by his defeat.
   失敗讓他沮喪。
2. The hopes were defeated.
   希望落空了。
3. Our men were heavily defeated in the battle.
   我軍在此戰(zhàn)役中受到重創(chuàng)。

de.feat

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
de.feat.ed,de.feat.ing,de.feats
To win victory over; beat.
戰(zhàn)勝；擊敗
To prevent the success of; thwart:
阻撓…的成功；挫?。?/br>例句：
Internal strife defeats the purpose of teamwork.
內(nèi)部爭(zhēng)斗挫傷了團(tuán)隊(duì)合作的目的

Law To make void; annul.
【法律】 使…作廢；廢除
n.（名詞）
The act of defeating or state of being defeated.
戰(zhàn)勝，戰(zhàn)敗：擊敗的行為，或被擊敗的狀況
Failure to win.
失敗
A coming to naught; frustration:
毀滅：變得什么都沒(méi)有；摧毀：
例句：
the defeat of a lifelong dream.
畢生夢(mèng)想的破滅

Law The act of making null and void.
【法律】 廢除：使…作廢和無(wú)效

來(lái)源：
Middle English defeten
中古英語(yǔ) defeten
from defet [disfigured]
源自 defet [使變丑]
from Old French desfait [past participle of] desfaire [to destroy]
源自 古法語(yǔ) desfait [] desfaire的過(guò)去分詞 [毀滅]
from Medieval Latin disfacere [to destroy, mutilate, undo]
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) disfacere [毀滅，毀壞，取消]
Latin dis- [dis-]
拉丁語(yǔ) dis- [表示"除去"]
Latin facere [to do] * see dhô-
拉丁語(yǔ) facere [做] *參見(jiàn) dhô-

【引伸】
defeat.er
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>defeat,conquer,vanquish,beat,rout,subdue,subjugate,overcomeThese verbs mean to get the better of an adversary.
這些動(dòng)詞都表示戰(zhàn)勝對(duì)手的意思。
Defeat is the most general:
Defeat 最普通：
例句：
.Whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees,the consequences will be the same. (Thomas Paine).
.無(wú)論我們是在一次戰(zhàn)斗中擊敗敵人，還是逐步地?fù)魯∷麄儯Y(jié)果都會(huì)是一樣的. （托馬斯·潘恩）。

Conquer suggests decisive and often wide-scale victory:
Conquer 含有決定性的、經(jīng)常是大規(guī)模的勝利的意思：
例句：
.A conquering army on the border will not be halted by the power of eloquence. (Otto von Bismarck).
.邊境上打了勝仗的軍隊(duì)不會(huì)因?yàn)樾坜q的力量而停止前進(jìn)的. （奧托·馮·俾斯麥）。

Vanquish emphasizes total mastery:
Vanquish 強(qiáng)調(diào)完全的控制：
例句：
The forces of Napoleon were vanquished at Waterloo.
拿破侖的軍隊(duì)在滑鐵盧全軍覆沒(méi)。

Beat, less formal, is often the equivalent ofdefeat, thoughbeat may convey greater emphasis:
Beat 比較不正式，常作為defeat 的對(duì)等詞語(yǔ)， 盡管beat 可以傳遞更大的強(qiáng)調(diào)意義：
例句：
.To win battles . . . you beat the soul . . . of the enemy man. (George S. Patton).
.要打勝仗，你就得打敗敵人的靈魂. （喬治·S·巴頓）。

Rout implies complete victory followed by the disorderly flight of the defeated force:
Rout 含有敗軍潰散后緊接著的全勝：
例句：
An entire division was routed during the first hours of the war.
在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的頭幾個(gè)小時(shí)中，整師就徹底潰敗了。

Subdue suggests mastery and control achieved by overpowering:
Subdue 含有因?yàn)榱α窟^(guò)于強(qiáng)大而打敗和控制的意思：
例句：
.It cost [the Romans] two great wars, and three great battles, to subdue that little kingdom [Macedonia] . (Adam Smith).
. 發(fā)動(dòng)了兩次大規(guī)模的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)和三次大規(guī)模的戰(zhàn)役才完全制服那個(gè)小王國(guó) . （亞當(dāng)·史密斯）。

Subjugate more strongly implies reducing an opponent to submission:
Subjugate 更強(qiáng)烈地含有迫使對(duì)手降服的意思：
例句：
.The last foreigner to subjugate England was a Norman duke in the Middle Ages named William. (Stanley Meisler). To
.最后一個(gè)制服英格蘭的外國(guó)人是中世紀(jì)一個(gè)叫威廉的羅馬公爵. （斯坦尼梅斯勒）。

overcome is to prevail over, often by persevering:
Overcome 指勝過(guò)，經(jīng)常是通過(guò)堅(jiān)持不懈的努力：
例句：
overcome an enemy;
戰(zhàn)勝敵人；

例句：
overcome temptation;
克服誘惑；

例句：
overcome a physical handicap.
克服身體上的殘疾