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打败

dǎ bài
HSK 3.0 Level 4 Verb Common

Definitions

  1. 1. to defeat
  2. 2. to overpower
  3. 3. to beat
  4. 4. to be defeated

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Usage notes

Collocations

常用搭配为“打败+对手/敌人”,不用于抽象事物如“打败困难”,此时用“克服困难”。

Common mistakes

“打败”可作及物动词直接带宾语,但也可在被动结构中表示“被打败”,学习者常漏用“被”字,如误说“他打败了”表“He was defeated”,应说“他被打败了”。

Example Sentences

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我们 打败 了对手。
We defeated our opponent.

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