“我哥哥在比赛中胜过了我”这句话译作:
My brother beat me at the game.
解析
beat的过去式beat,过去分词beaten;
win的过去式won,过去分词won;
此句中,beat不可用won代替。win作“打赢”解时,后面宾语可以是the game,the football match,a bicycle race,a shooting contest,a chess tournament等,也可是the battle,the war,但不宜接somebody。
当win接somebody时即win somebody,不作“打赢某人”解,而是“把某人争取过来”“说服某人”。win用此含义时,常和副词搭配。例如:
We won him over to our view.
我们说服他赞成我们的观点。