vt. 打败, 征服, 克服

[法] 征服, 战胜, 击败

[ verb ]
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
<verb.competition> beat beat out crush shell trounce
Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championshipWe beat the competition
Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game

Vanquish \Van"quish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vanquished}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Vanquishing}.] [OE. venquishen, venquissen,
venkisen,F. vaincre, pret. vainquis, OF. veintre, pret.
venqui, venquis (cf. an OF. infin. vainquir), fr. L. vincere;
akin to AS. w[=i]g war, battle, w[=i]gant a warrior, w[=i]gan
to fight, Icel. v[=i]g battle, Goth. weihan to fight,
contend. Cf. {Convince}, {Evict}, {Invincible}, {Victor}.]
1. To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.
--Hakluyt.

They . . . Vanquished the rebels in all encounters.
--Clarendon.

2. Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to
put down; to refute.

This bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a
late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise.
--Atterbury.

For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still.
--Goldsmith.

Syn: To conquer; surmount; overcome; confute; silence. See
{Conquer}.


Vanquish \Van"quish\, n. (Far.)
A disease in sheep, in which they pine away. [Written also
{vinquish}.]