beating

英 [ˈbiːtɪŋ]

美 [ˈbiːtɪŋ]

n.  狠打; 揍; 笞打; 惨败; 严重受挫; 有规律的敲打(声); 有节奏的运动(声)
v.  (在比赛或竞争中)赢，打败(某人); 控制; 难倒
beat的现在分词

复数：beatings　现在分词：beating　

TEM8化学

BNC.8522 / COCA.5988

习惯用语

n.

take some beating
• 难做；难以超过
  to be difficult to do or be better than
• As a place to live, Oxford takes some beating.
  就居住环境而论，牛津市是个难得的好地方。

牛津词典

noun

• 狠打；揍；笞打
  an act of hitting sb hard and repeatedly, as a punishment or in a fight
  1. to give sb a beating
     把某人揍一顿
• 惨败；严重受挫
  a very heavy defeat
  1. The team has taken a few beatings this season.
     本赛季该队已经几次严重受挫。
• 有规律的敲打（声）；有节奏的运动（声）
  a series of regular blows to sth such as a drum, or movements of sth, such as your heart; the sound that this makes
  1. He could hear the beating of his own heart.
     他听得到自己的心跳。
  2. the beating of drums/wings
     敲鼓声；翅膀的拍打声

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （尤指用棍子等进行的）殴打，痛打
  If someone is given abeating, they are hit hard many times, especially with something such as a stick.
  1. ...the savage beating of a black motorist by white police officers...
     白人警察对一名黑人驾车者的野蛮殴打。
  2. The team secured pictures of prisoners showing signs of severe beatings.
     这个小组搞到了一些显示囚犯有被毒打痕迹的照片。
• N-SING （竞争或选举中的）大败，惨败
  If something such as a business, a political party, or a team takesa beating, it is defeated by a large amount in a competition or election.
  1. Our firm has taken a terrible beating in recent years.
     我们公司近几年败得一塌糊涂。
• PHRASE 难以被超越
  If you say that something willtake some beating, you mean that it is very good and it is unlikely that anything better will be done or made.
  1. For sheer scale and grandeur, Leeds Castle in Kent takes some beating.
     单从规模和气势来说，肯特的利兹城堡独领风骚。

英英释义

noun

• the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
  Synonym:thrashinglickingdrubbinglacingtrouncingwhacking
• the act of overcoming or outdoing
  Synonym:whipping

双语例句

• They have begun a hunger strike in protest at the alleged beating.
  他们开始绝食以抗议有人所宣称的殴打行为。
• There was dead silence but for a fly beating against the glass
  当时一片寂静，只听见一只苍蝇不停地撞击着玻璃。
• Cameroon have also qualified after beating Sierra Leone.
  喀麦隆队击败塞拉利昂队之后也成功晋级。
• Even in the winter with the rain beating down, it's nice and cosy in there.
  即使在大雨倾盆的冬天，那里也非常舒适。
• His heart stopped beating.
  他的心脏停止了跳动。
• Stop beating about the bush. What's he done?
  别再拐弯抹角了，他到底干了什么？
• For sheer scale and grandeur, Leeds Castle in Kent takes some beating.
  单从规模和气势来说，肯特的利兹城堡独领风骚。
• Do you think they have a chance of beating Australia?
  你认为他们有可能击败澳大利亚吗？
• The rain was beating on the windowpanes.
  雨点拍打着窗玻璃。
• Australia made hard work of beating them.
  澳大利亚队非常艰难地击败了他们。