最近的世界新聞除了新冠病毒,疫苗以外就要數最近發生在美國國的襲擊了。 川普總統少不了他的政治演說。今天的近義詞組就要從他最近的一段講演中說起。
「Defeating this pandemic and rebuilding the greatest economy on the earth will require all of us working together. 」
今天我們來一起看看defeat, 這裡表達的意思是打敗。他的近義詞組還包括defeat, overcome, beat, prevail, conquer。 他們之間的區別和使用場合是什麼?今天我們就用5分鐘的時間一起來看一看。
defeat, 動詞, 打敗 (to win against someone in a fight, war, or competition)
-They defeated the Italian team and reached the final.
-Napoleon was defeated by the Duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo.
defeat, 名詞, 失敗 (the fact of losing against someone in a fight or competition, or when someone or something is made to fail)
-After their defeat in battle, the soldiers surrendered.
-Trump concedes defeat to Biden. (川普承認競選失敗)!!重點
defeat動詞的時候是擊敗: A defeat B 即A擊敗B. A是成功的,B是失敗的.
defeat名詞的時候成為失敗的意思,他與動詞的擊敗意思正好相反。
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overcome, 動詞, 戰勝 (to defeat or succeed in controlling or dealing with something)
-to overcome difficulties/obstacles/problems/resistance
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beat, 動詞, 打敗, 戰勝 (to defeat or do better than)
-Simon always beats me at tennis.
-The Nationalists were narrowly beaten in the election.
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prevail, (正式)動詞, 佔上風 (to get control or influence)
-I am sure that common sense will prevail in the end.
-The British team had finally prevailed over the Russians.
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conquer, 動詞, 佔領,攻取(to take control or possession of foreign land, or a group of people, by force)
-The Spanish conquered the New World in the 16th century.
-The English were conquered by the Normans in 1066.
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Do so many synonym of defeat defeat you? Let's wrap up for today. (小結)
-如果是戰役或競賽,我們使用defeat/beat
-如果是問題, 抽象的障礙/困難, 我們使用overcome, [近義詞] deal with
-如果在戰役或競賽中大比分取勝,就可以使用prevail
-如果佔領控制領域,使用conquer
類似單元
近義詞組(形容詞):愛的 beloved, loved, loving
i上最後的1點 是一個荷蘭俗語 (de puntjes op de i zetten), 字面的意思就是給i上面加最後1點。引申的含義就是把事情做到最完美。這也是這個小小英文學習公眾號的初衷, 完善大家英語中容易忽略混淆的細節, 完成i上最後的1點。
這裡更像我個人學習過程中的筆記和延申,讓我自己把一些模稜兩可的點弄清楚。如果從中你覺得所看內容對你英文學習有小小的幫助,我感到非常榮幸。
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