关于defeat/beat这两个词的意思有差别吗?用法有差别吗?Thank
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eat意为“战胜”、“打败”,后接比赛中的“对手”

eg:I beat John at chess yesterday.

I can beat all runners in our school.

defeat意为“击败”.多用于指击败敌军、入侵者等,也有“使失败,使落空”等的意思

eg:We defeated the enemy in the battle.

Team A defeated(beat) Team B in the football match.

Our hopes were defeated.