Undismayed by forty or fifty previous defeats, Glorvina laid siege to him. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
Consequently it defeats its own professed purpose. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
Life covers customs, institutions, beliefs, victories and defeats, recreations and occupations. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
But though the insurgents experienced defeats and looting, neither of these generals brought the war to an end. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Consequently an attempt to train for too specific a mode of efficiency defeats its own purpose. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
But I travel to learn, and I still remember that they picture no French defeats in the battle-galleries of Versailles. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
You might say that genius works inductively and finds a method; the conservative works deductively from the method and defeats whatever genius he may have. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.