checkmate
英 [ˌtʃekˈmeɪt]
美 [ˌtʃekˈmeɪt]
n. 将死; 输棋; 败局; 败北; 彻底战败
v. 把…将死; 使彻底失败
过去分词：checkmated 第三人称单数：checkmates 现在分词：checkmating 过去式：checkmated
BNC.41851 / COCA.34254
同义词辨析
defeatv. 击败，战胜
〔辨析〕
常指在战争、比赛、竞争等中战胜对手。
〔例证〕
Our army defeated the enemy in that decisive battle.
在那场决定性战役中，我军击败了敌军。
The team defeated their opponents.
这个球队将对手一一击败。
在那场决定性战役中，我军击败了敌军。
The team defeated their opponents.
这个球队将对手一一击败。
beatv. 打败，战胜
〔辨析〕
作此义解时，常可与 defeat 换用。
〔例证〕
The Arsenal were beaten/defeated, 3 - 1.
阿森纳队以1比3告负。
The Conservatives beat/defeated their opponents in the election.
保守党在选举中击败对手。
阿森纳队以1比3告负。
The Conservatives beat/defeated their opponents in the election.
保守党在选举中击败对手。
checkmatev. 使败北；将死
〔辨析〕
指彻底战败对手等；在国际象棋中也指把国王将死。
〔例证〕
She hoped that she could checkmate her opponents.
她希望能彻底战胜对手。
The king was checkmated and so the player lost the game.
王被将死，棋手输了这盘棋。
她希望能彻底战胜对手。
The king was checkmated and so the player lost the game.
王被将死，棋手输了这盘棋。
牛津词典
noun
- 将死；输棋
a position in which one player cannot prevent his or her king (= the most important piece) being captured and therefore loses the game - 败局；败北；彻底战败
a situation in which sb has been completely defeated
柯林斯词典
- (国际象棋中的)将死，绝杀
In chess,checkmateis a situation in which you cannot stop your king being captured and so you lose the game.
英英释义
noun
- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
- complete victory
verb
- place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
- Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves