He tried to unsell the idea that the war would not win.他试图说服人们不要相信那场战争打不赢。He could spar well enough but he couldn't seem to finish off his opponents.他拳打得很好,但好像总是打不赢对手。If we don't get a result tonight we'll be put down into a lower division.今晚的比赛如果打不赢,我们球队就要降级了。