winverb | noun 1 win / wIn ; wIn /verb (past tense and past participle won) / w?n ; w?n / , present participle winning 1.COMPETITION / RACE 竞赛/比赛, I,Tto be the best or most successful in a competition, game, election etc〔在竞赛、游戏、选举等中〕获胜,赢;ANTlose win a race / a game / an election etc
•Who do you think will win the next election?你认为谁会在下一次竞选中获胜?
•He won the Tour de France last year.去年他在环法自行车大赛中获胜。
win a war / battle
•the young pilots who won the Battle of Britain打赢不列颠之战的年轻飞行员们
•Who's winning (=who is most successful at this point in the game) ?现在谁赢着?
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•I never win at cards.我打牌从来不会赢。
win by 10 points / 70 metres etc
•We won by just one point.我们只赢了一分。
•He predicted the French would win hands down (=win very easily) in the play-offs.他预测法国队在加时赛中将轻松获胜。
2.PRIZE 奖(品), Tto get something as a prize for winning in a competition or game赢得,获得〔奖品〕:
•How does it feel to have won the gold medal ?获得金牌的感觉如何?
•She won £160 on the lottery.她中彩券得了160 英镑。
win sth for sb
•the man who helped win the Cup for Arsenal为阿森纳奴队赢得足总杯赛的男人
3.GET / ACHIEVE 取得/获得, Tto get something that you want because of your efforts or abilities〔经努力或凭能力〕获得,博得〔某物〕;SYNgain win sb's approval / support / trust etc
•The proposal has won the approval of the city council.这项提议获得了市政委员会的批准。
•Kramer has certainly won the respect of his peers.克莱默无疑赢得了同侪的尊敬。
win sb's heart ( = make them love you or feel sympathy for you )赢得某人的心
•The company has won a contract to build a new power plant outside Houston.公司得到了在休斯敦城外建造一座新发电站的合同。
win sth from sb
•Davis hopes to win financial backing from a London investment firm.戴维斯希望获得伦敦一家投资公司的资助。
4.MAKE SB WIN STH 使某人赢得某物, Tif something, usually something that you do, wins you something, you win it or get it because of that thing〔某事〕让某人赢得…: win sb sth
•That performance won Hanks an Oscar.在那部影片中的表演让汉克斯赢得了一项奥斯卡奖。
•That kind of behaviour won't win you any friends.那样的行为不会让你交上任何朋友。
5.you winspokenused to agree to what someone wants after you have tried to persuade them to do something else算你赢〔因说服不了对方而同意对方要求时说的话〕:
•OK, you win – we'll go to the movies.好吧,算你赢 — 我们看电影去。
6.you can't winspokenused to say that there is no satisfactory way of dealing with a particular situation没法子〔用于表示没有令人满意的方法处理某情况〕:
•You can't win, can you? You either work late and upset your family, or go home early and risk your job.你没有办法,是吧? 你要么工作到很晚,让家里人不高兴; 要么冒着失业的危险早早回家去。
7.you can't win them all also you win some, you lose somespokenused to show sympathy when someone has had a disappointing experience你不可能事事都成功〔对某人失意表示同情〕 8.win or loseinformalno matter whether you win or lose不管输赢,无论成败:
•Win or lose, I love competitive sports.无论胜负,我都喜欢竞技性的体育运动。
1. informal
•If the election had been free and fair, the democratic candidate would have won hands down.要是这场选举自由公平的话,民主党候选人本可以轻松获胜。
10.win the day to finally be successful in a discussion or argument〔在讨论或争论中〕最终获得胜利;SYNtriumph
•Common sense won the day, and the plans were dropped.理智占了上风,计划取消了。
⇒win the toss at TOSS² (1) ⇒WINNER,WINNING PHRASAL VERBS win sb / sth ↔ back to succeed in getting back something or someone that you had before重新获得〔某物或某人〕,把…赢回来:
•How can I win back her trust?我怎么能重新赢得她的信任?
win out to finally succeed or defeat other people or things终于成功: [+ over ]
•Often presentation wins out over content (=is treated as more important than content).经常是形式重于内容。
win sb ↔ overalsowin sb ↔ roundBrE to get someone's support or friendship by persuading them or being nice to them〔通过劝说或示好以〕获得〔某人的支持或友谊〕,把〔某人〕争取过来:
•We'll be working hard over the next ten days to win over the undecided voters.我们将在接下来的十天好好努力,把犹豫未决的选民争取过来。
win through especially BrEto finally succeed in spite of problems〔经历困难后〕终于成功:
•As in most of his films, it's the good guys who win through in the end.正如在他的大多数电影里一样,好人最终获得胜利。
2 winnounC 1. a success or victory, especially in sport〔尤指在体育比赛中的〕胜利,赢:
•We've had two wins so far this season.这个赛季开始以来,我们已赢了两场。
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•In the under-16 event England had their first win over Germany.在这场 16 岁以下的青少年赛事中,英格兰队战胜德国队赢得了第一场胜利。