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挫败
cuò bài
Meaning
- to thwart; to foil (sb's plans)
- a setback; a failure; a defeat
Definition
指受到挫折或失败，也指使对方受到挫折或失败。
Frustration or defeat; to frustrate or defeat someone.
Usage
常用作动词或名词，表示打击、失败、受挫。可指个人经历失败，也可指组织、计划等受挫。
Commonly used as a verb or noun, indicating a blow, failure, or setback. It can refer to an individual's experience of failure or the frustration of an organization or plan.
Examples
- 1 这次考试的成绩让他感到很大的挫败感。 (The results of this exam gave him a great sense of frustration.)
- 2 敌人的阴谋被彻底挫败了。 (The enemy's plot was completely thwarted.)
- 3 尽管多次挫败，他依然没有放弃。 (Despite repeated setbacks, he still did not give up.)
- 4 这项计划因资金不足而遭受挫败。 (This plan suffered a setback due to insufficient funds.)
- 5 挫败是成功之母，从中吸取教训才能进步。 (Failure is the mother of success; only by learning from it can one make progress.)
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