Clay was worried that his compromise might be defeated by northern votes.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

to earn his favor and perhaps his protection, But even that god will have limited powers and abilities and may in fact be defeated or may turn on his devotees.

来赢利他的青睐或者是保护，但纵然是上帝，权力和能力也是有限的,事实上，他也许会被打败，或者发动他的崇拜者。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Conquered peoples would trade their defeated god for the victorious god of their conquerors and eventually there would be a cultural and religious assimilation, intermarriage.

胜利者所信仰的神,自然就取代了被征服民族的神,最终就产生了文化，宗教间的,同化和通婚现象。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Always chosen as a candidate when sure to be defeated.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

Everybody knows that all those heroes are there because they want to be and they want to be there, so that they can earn both the wealth that can be taken from a defeated city, but even more important, the kind of fame and glory that comes with such deeds.

我们都知道,所有去战斗的英雄们,都是自愿的,他们想去战斗是因为,他们可以赢得从战败的城市获得的财富,更重要的是,由这些功绩带来的名望和荣誉

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

to defeat terrorists. "The forces of terrorism in our region pose a grave threat to the entire civilized world, and have to be defeated,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Mousavi also said his movement would not be defeated by government attempts to asphyxiate it.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

He said: "A man who has once been the candidate of his party -- and defeated -- owes it to his party not to be a candidate again."

VOA: special.2010.05.27

He was said to be the son of an advisor to another defeated presidential candidate, Mohsen Rezaie.

VOA: standard.2009.07.25