1)beat, defeat都表示在战斗中或竞赛中“战胜、打败(对手)”,后接竞争对手,可以互换。 e. g. beat the competitor/the country/the team…打败对手/国家/那个队…… I can beat/defeat you at swimming. 我游泳比得过你。 He was defeated/beaten at chess. 他棋下输了。 2)win“战胜、赢得”,其宾语通常是比赛、战争、奖品或表尊重、崇拜之类意义的词。竞争对手不能作其宾语。 By her hard work, she won herself a place on the school team. 在刻苦训练下,她在校队里赢得了地位。 Our team won the game. 我们队获胜了。 His poem won the first prize of ten dollars. 他的诗获得了10美元的一等奖。