win
verb uk/wɪn/ us/wɪn/ winning | won
A2 [ I or T ]获胜;赢
to achieve first position and/or get a prize in a competition, election, fight, etc.
Which year was it that Italy won the World Cup? 意大利是哪一年赢得世界杯的？
He won first prize/a bottle of wine in the raffle. 他在抽彩中赢得了一等奖／一瓶酒。
Who's winning? 谁会取胜？
This is the third medal she's won this season. 这是本赛季她赢得的第3块奖牌。
Who won the men's finals at the Open? 网球男子决赛谁赢了？
They won the war, although it cost them millions of lives. 尽管牺牲了数百万人的生命，但他们赢得了战争的胜利。
If this government win the next election, I'm leaving the country. 如果这个政府在下次选举中获胜，我就离开这个国家。
Everyone likes winning an argument. 每个人都希望在争论中取胜。
[ + two objects ] It was his goal that won us the match/won the match for us. 是他的进球使我们赢得了比赛。
Her firm has just won (= beaten other companies to get) a cleaning contract worth £3 million. 她的公司刚刚赢得了一份数额为300万英镑的保洁合同。
C2 [ T ]获得，赢得（赞同、忠诚、好感、爱情等）
to receive something positive, such as approval, loyalty, or love because you have earned it
Her plans have won the support of many local people. 她的计划赢得了很多当地民众的支持。
This is Jamie, the four-year old who won the hearts of the nation (= made everyone love him and/or feel sympathy for him). 这就是杰米，受到全国人民关爱的4岁孩子。
She would do anything to win his love. 为了获得他的爱，她什么都愿意做。
Winning back his trust was the hardest part. 重新赢得他的信任是最难的部分。
- More examples
- Brazil are favourites to win this year's World Cup.
- He won the award for best actor, and deservedly so.
- Whoever wins the election is going to have a difficult job ahead of them.
- A recurring knee injury may have impaired his chances of winning the tournament.
- She delivered a final serve from the baseline to win the match.
Idioms
someone can't winidiom informal （某人）无论怎样做都不能成功（或都不讨好）
used to say that nothing someone does in a situation will succeed or please people
Whatever I do seems to annoy her - I can't win. 无论我做什么都会惹她生气——真是怎么做都不讨好。
win bigidiom informal 轻易取胜;大获全胜
to win easily or win a lot
He could win big if he gets the voters out. 如果他能说服选民出来投票，他可能会大获全胜。
These athletes hope to win big at the Olympics. 这些运动员希望在奥运会上大获全胜。
赚大钱
to gain or make a lot of money
Most of the investors should win big. 大多数投资者应该都能大赚一笔。
This is the story of how a small company won big. 这是一个关于一间小公司是怎么赚到大钱的故事。
win hands downidiom 轻松取胜
to win very easily
win the dayidiom 成功获得支持
to persuade people to support your ideas or opinions
you can't win 'em allidiom informal (also you win some, you lose some) 不可能事事都成功；有得必有失
something you say that means it is not possible to succeed at everything you do
It would have been great to get the job but I suppose you can't win 'em all. 能得到那份工作就好了，但是不可能事事都如意的。
you win!idiom （好吧）你赢了！（用于表示被说服，尤指对方使用强制办法时）
something you say to someone who has persuaded you to do something that you did not intend to do, especially when that person has used force and you are angry
Okay, you win - you can go to the party! But you'd better be home by midnight! 好了，你赢了——你可以去参加这个聚会！不过最好半夜前回来！
Phrasal verbs
win someone over (UK also win someone round)说服（某人）;把（某人）争取过来
to persuade someone to support you or agree with you, often when they were opposed to you before
He's not sure about the idea, but I'm sure we'll win him over in the end. 他现在对这一想法还拿不定主意，不过我肯定最后我们能说服他。
This is the last chance for the candidates to win over voters. 这是候选人赢得选民的最后一次机会。
win out 战胜，胜过；胜出
to succeed after a lot of difficulty
The more cautious approach won out in the end. 更谨慎的办法最后胜出。
win someone round UK（同 win sb over）
→ win someone over
win through 最终成功
to finally succeed after trying hard to achieve something
Most people are fairly confident that the workers will win through in the end. 大部分人很有把握地认为最后劳方会取得胜利。
win
noun [ C ] uk/wɪn/ us/wɪn/
C1 胜利;赢;第一名
an occasion when someone wins a game or competition
It was the team's sixth consecutive win this season. 这是联队在本赛季取得的第六场连胜。
Everyone was predicting a Republican win at the last election and look what happened. 所有人都预测共和党会在上届大选中获胜，看看发生了什么。
- More examples
- The team went all out for a win.
- It was only their second win of the season.
- This win will go down in history.
- We need two wins to dislodge the French team from first place.
- In the end, the match finished in a win for the home side.