Ⅰ. beat “打赢”“战胜”。用于比赛时,后接宾语是战胜对手,表示“赢了某人”。如:
① Li Lei beat all the runners in the 100-metre race. 李磊在百米赛跑中赢了所有的对手。
② We are sure to beat them.我们肯定会赢他们。
Ⅱ. win “赢得;获胜”, 用作及物动词,后接宾语是表示某种比赛的名词或战争,而不是参加比赛的对手。如:
① We won the basketball game. 我们赢得了篮球赛。
② Who won the race? 谁赢得了赛跑?
Ⅲ. defeat “战胜;赢得”与win 一样,较正式,后接宾语时与beat一样,是表示人或代表群体的名词或代词,间或接表事物的名词或代词。 如:
Our class defeated / beat theirs in the basket-ball match yesterday. 昨天我们班在篮球赛中赢了他们班。