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一败涂地[yī bài tú dì]1.■suffer a big [final; crushing] defeat; a complete loss; an overwhelming defeat; be a dead failure; beat sb. all to pieces [to nothing; all to ribbons; to sticks]; beat sb. hollow [all hollow]; be ignominiously defeated; be put to rout; be ruined completely; collapse completely; fall to the ground; get the worst of it; suffer a thorough defeat; sustain a crushing defeat; utter failure or defeat; wiped out at one blow:We just can't possibly fail completely, after all the preparations we've made.我们有准备， 决不会一败涂地。