To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
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vt. 期望;预料;要求;认为（某事）会发生;
vi. 预期;期待;怀胎;怀孕;
💡 ex出+pect=spect看→看出去→期待
"We expect writers to produce more and better works."
我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品.
近义：wait, await, previse, bide, hope, contemplate
vt. 击败，战胜;挫败;[法]宣告无效，作废;
n. 战胜;失败;[法]废除;
💡 de向下+feat做，制作→做下去→打下去 →打败，摧毁
"She commiserated with the losers on their defeat."
她对失败的一方表示同情。
近义：master, overcome, overpower, pip, subdue, subjugate
反义：overthrow, rout, thrashing, trimming, whipping, beating
pron. (it的反身形式);它自己，它本身;自身，本身;
"The human race has enough weapons to annihilate itself."
人类有足够的武器灭绝自己。
近义：herself, himself, oneself, themselves, yourself, yourselves
num. 九;九个;第九;
n. 九，九个;
adj. 九的，九个的;
"They have two children aged six and nine."
他们有两个小孩，一个六岁，一个九岁。