败北 · bài běi
- 1. 动词作战失败而败退;战败。本义侧重战败而逃。书证吾起兵至今八岁矣,身七十余战,所当者破,所击者服,未尝败北,遂霸有天下。——《史记·项羽本纪》例如败北下来,就投了降。用法不及物动词,多作谓语,不带宾语,常用于军队、战事。英文be defeated; suffer defeat
- 2. 动词泛指在竞赛、考试、竞争等非军事较量中失利。书证秉翰执简,败北而归,不可以言乎文。——唐·柳宗元《上大理崔大卿应制举不敏启》用法多作谓语,用于竞赛、考试、竞选等非军事较量。英文lose; be defeated (in a contest)
