vt.

1. 战胜，击败
   The French defeated the English troops.

   法国人打败了英国军队。

2. 使失败，挫败
   Our hopes were defeated.

   我们的希望落空了。

3. 【律】使无效，废除

n.[C][U]

1. 失败，战败，挫折
   The aggressors were doomed to defeat.

   侵略者注定要失败。

2. 战胜，击败

v.

1. win a victory over.
2. prevent the achievement of (an aim):
   this defeats the object of the exercise.
   ▸be too difficult for.
   ▸Law  make null and void.

n.