1、beat和defeat属一组同义词表示战胜时，它们的宾语必须是人或一个集体，如a team, a class, an school, an army。defeat尤指在战场上打败敌人；beat是游戏、比赛的专门用词；强调连续或反复地“打”，因此像心脏跳动、打鼓、打拍子等之类具有连续性或反复性的动作。它们后接竞争对手，可以互换。We beat their team by 10 points. 我们赢了他们队十分。
In the end their army was defeat/beaten. 最后他们的部队被击（打）败。
2、win表示战胜取得时即在较强的竞争中取得胜利，它常跟的宾语有game, war, prize, fame, battle等。其宾语通常是比赛、战争、奖品或表尊重、崇拜之类意义的词。竞争对手不能作其宾语。
They won the battle but lost many men. 他们取得了这次战斗的胜利，但牺牲了很多人。
3、win表示说服、争取过来之意时，可以接表人的名词或代词作宾语：
You have won me.你把我说服了。
The party badly needs to win back straying voters.该政党急需把游移不定的选民争取过来。
这个意义的win=win (sb)over
We won him over to our views.我们说服他同意了我们的观点。
We have won him. 我们说服他同意了我们的观点。
Can you win the director over ?We need his vote.你能把主人争取过来吗？我们需要他的一票。
Can you win the director ?We need his vote.你能把主人争取过来吗？我们需要他的一票。
4、Win sb sth 使某人赢得……小编经过多年观察和研究，大胆指出这种用法一般多以非指人的词作主语，但是也可以用指人的词作主语。如：
She won herself a palace on the school team.她为自己在校队争取过来一个位子。
也可以译为：她使自己在校队赢得一个位子。
This invariably wins them the love and respect of others, for they add colour to the dull routine of everyday life.(新概念英语3.A Lovable Eccentric)
这种做法总是使他们赢得别人的爱戴和尊敬，因为他们给单调的日常生活增添了色彩。
She has a nature that quickly won her the friendship of her colleagues.她具有一种天性，能够很快获得同事们的友谊。
经典例句：
Which team won?
哪个队赢了？
France won by six goals to two against Denmark.
法国队以六比二战胜丹麦队。
She loves to win an argument.
她喜欢在辩论中获胜
Britain won five gold medals.
英国夺取了五块金牌。
How many states did the Republicans win?
共和党在多少个州的选举中获胜？
The Conservatives won the seat from Labour in the last election.
在上次选举中保守党从工党手中夺得了这个议席。
[VNN] You've won yourself a trip to New York.
你赢得了一次纽约之旅。
They are trying to win support for their proposals.
他们在努力争取人们支持他们的建议。
The company has won a contract to supply books and materials to schools.
这家公司得到了一份向学校供应图书资料的合同。
She won the admiration of many people in her battle against cancer.
她在与癌症的对抗中赢得了许多人的钦佩。
OK, you win, I'll admit I was wrong.
行，你赢了。我承认我错了。
'All right', I said. 'You win'.
“好吧，”我说道，“听你的。
win sb's heart
赢得（某人）的爱
in out/through
(informal) （克服困难）终获成功
It won't be easy but we'll win through in the end.
这并不容易，但我们最终会获得成功。
小编今天最后送给朋友们一句话：Win or lose, we'll know we've done our best.
无论胜负，我们都知道自己已尽了最大努力。