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| 1 | T to defeat someone in a game , competition , election , or battle （在比赛、竞赛、选举或战斗中）打败，战胜 |
| England needed to beat Germany to get to the final. 英格兰队必须战胜德国队才能进入决赛。 |
| In 2000, George W Bush narrowly beat Al Gore in the election. 在2000年的选举中，乔治W.布什以微弱优势战胜了阿尔·戈尔。 |
| | 1a | to do something faster, for longer, more times etc than has been done before 打破（纪录） | | She beat the world record by 0.3 of a second. 她以比原纪录少0.3秒的成绩打破了世界纪录。 | | I’ ll be happy if I beat my previous score. 如果我打破自己先前的纪录我会很高兴。 | |
| | 1b | to succeed despite a difficult situation 战胜，克服（困境） | | It is one of the few businesses that has beaten the recession. 这是摆脱了经济衰退困境的为数不多的企业之一。 | | women who have beaten breast cancer 战胜了乳腺癌病魔的妇女 | |
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| 2 | T to arrive before someone else 在…之前到达；比…先到 |
| beat sb to/back/up etc See if you can beat me back to the house! 看看你能否比我先回到房子里！ |
| | 2a | to do something before a planned time or before something happens 赶在…之前完成 | | beat the deadline/clock He was always trying to beat the clock and finish early. 他总是试图提早做完事情。 | |
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| 3 | T to hit someone violently several times （接连地）猛击（某人） |
| They were arrested for beating their children. 他们因为殴打自己的孩子被逮捕。 |
| beat sb to death The two men had been beaten to death. 那两名男子已被殴打致死。 |
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| 4 | T to hit something several times making a regular pattern of sounds, or to make this pattern of sounds （接连地）打，敲（某物）；发出连续的敲打声 |
| Someone was beating a drum in the distance. 有人在远处打鼓。 |
| | 4a | T to hit an object or part of the body with your hands 用手击（物体或身体部位） | | I beat my hands on the wall with rage. 我愤怒地用双手猛击墙壁。 | | He suddenly beat the table with his fist. 他突然用拳头猛击桌子。 | |
| | 4b | I/T if a bird or insect beats its wings, or if its wings beat , it hits them together several times （鸟或昆虫）拍打，扑打（翅膀） | |
| | 4c | I/T +against/on/atto hit something many times or for a long period of time 多次击打；长时间击打 | | The rain was beating against the windows with renewed force. 雨不断地重重敲打着窗户。 | | waves beating on the shore 拍岸的波浪 | |
| | 4d | T to hit a piece of metal with a special hammer in order to make it thinner 锤打，锤平，锤薄（金属） | |
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| 5 | I if someone’ s heart beats, it makes the same sound and movements again and again as it pumps blood around their body （心脏）跳动，搏动 |
| The shock had made my heart beat faster. 那次惊吓使我心跳加快。 |
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| 6 | T to mix foods such as eggs, cream , or butter well using a fork or a special tool or machine . This tool or machine can be called a beater . 搅拌；搅打 |
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| 7 | T informal to be better than something else 胜过 |
| For me, surfing the Net beats watching TV any time. 对我来说，网上冲浪任何时候都比看电视强。 |
| | 7a | to be very good , or better than other things of its kind 非常好；胜过同类 | | It’ s an expensive hotel, but that kind of service is hard to beat. 这家酒店收费很高，但这里的服务也是最好的。 | |
| | 7b | used for saying that something is very good 你怎么也找不到比某物更好的东西 | | You can’ t beat a good book. 你怎么也找不到比一本好书更有意思的东西了。 | |
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| - | beat around/about the bush
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| to spend a long time getting to the main point of what you are saying , especially because it is embarrassing |
| （尤指因为尴尬而）拐弯抹角地说，绕圈子，旁敲侧击 |
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| Stop beating around the bush and tell me the truth. 别拐弯抹角了，告诉我真相。 |
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| - | beat your brains out AMERICAN informal
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| to think very seriously about something for a long time |
| 费尽脑筋；冥思苦想 |
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| - | beat your breast
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| to make it obvious by your actions that you are very upset or sorry about something |
| 捶胸（表示苦恼或懊悔） |
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| - | beat it spoken
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| used for telling someone to go away , especially when you are angry with them |
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| - | beat a path to sb’ s door
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| to go to someone’ s home or place of work in large numbers |
| 纷纷前往某人的家；纷纷前往某人的工作场所；某人门庭若市 |
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| It’ s no fun having the world’ s press constantly beating a path to your door. 全世界的记者们不断地蜂拥上门采访你绝不是件有趣的事。 |
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| - | beat the rap AMERICAN informal
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| to escape being punished for a crime you have been accused of |
| 逃脱惩罚；逍遥法外 |
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| So far all the main suspects have beaten the rap. 迄今为止，所有主要的嫌疑犯仍然逍遥法外。 |
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| - | beat the system
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| to achieve what you want by breaking rules or by finding clever ways of working within them |
| 钻制度的空子 |
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| - | beat time
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| to make regular movements or sounds to show how fast a piece of music should be sung or played |
| 打拍子 |
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| - | beat sb to it
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| to do something before someone else |
| 抢在某人之前做 |
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| When I went to take the keys I found that someone had beaten me to it. 当我去拿钥匙时发现有人抢先拿走了。 |
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| - | can you beat that/it?
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| used for showing that you are surprised about something |
| 你相信吗？；竟有这等事？ |
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| There was a cat with ten kittens – can you beat that? 有一只猫带着10只小猫，你相信吗？ |
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| - | if you can’ t beat ’ em join ’ em
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| used for saying that you are going to start doing the same as other people because you have tried to do something different and it has failed |
| 做不了别的你就跟着他们做；随大溜 |
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| - | it beats me
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| used for saying that you do not know or understand something |
| 我不知道；我不理解 |
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| ‘Why did he do such a stupid thing?’ ‘It beats me.’ “他为什么做这样的傻事？”“我不知道。” |
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| Words frequently used with beat | | beat 的常见搭配词 | | adverbs | comfortably, comprehensively, convincingly, easily, narrowly, soundly, | 1 | | | |
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| - | ˌbeat ˈdown |
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| 1 | I if the sun beats down , it shines very brightly making the weather very hot （烈日）照射，曝晒 | +on I could feel the sun beating down on my head. 我感到太阳火辣辣地照射在我的头上。 | |
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| 2 | I if the rain beats down , it rains very hard （雨）倾盆而下 |
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| 3 | T to persuade someone to sell you something at a lower price than their first offer 使降价；杀…的价 | beat sb down to sth The original price was £100,000, but we beat them down to £95,000. 原价是100000英镑，但我们把价格砍到了95000英镑。 | |
| - | ˌbeat ˈoff |
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| 1 | to succeed in winning or gaining something from an opponent 战胜；击败 | Virgin Airlines must beat off stiff competition to win the contract. 维珍航空公司必须击退强大的竞争对手才能赢得合同。 | | efforts to beat off their rivals 为战胜他们的对手所作的努力 | |
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| 2 | to prevent someone from physically attacking you by hitting them with your hands or with an object （用手等）击退，逐走 | He had to beat the dogs off with a stick. 他不得不用棍子把那些狗赶走。 | |
| - | ˌbeat ˈout |
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| 1 | to stop a fire from burning by hitting it with something 扑灭（火） | She beat out the flames with a branch. 她用树枝把火扑灭。 | |
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| 2 | to make a pattern of sounds by hitting an instrument or other object （用乐器等）敲奏出 | drummers beating out a rhythm 敲出节奏的鼓手们 | |
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| 3 | beat sth out of sb: to make someone tell you something by hitting them （通过殴打）强迫（某人）说出 | He claims that the confession was beaten out of him. 他声称自己是被逼供的。 | |
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| 4 | AMERICAN informal to succeed in winning or gaining something that someone else wants 击败；胜过 | Atlanta beat out Athens for the privilege of hosting the 1996 Olympics. 亚特兰大击败雅典，赢得了1996年奥运会的主办权。 | |
| - | ˌbeat ˈup |
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| 1 | to hurt someone by hitting or kicking them many times 痛打；狠揍；打伤 | They threatened to beat me up if I didn’ t give them my wallet. 他们威胁说，如果我不把钱包给他们就要狠狠揍我一顿。 | |
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| 2 | beat sb up: to blame or criticize yourself or someone else 责备；批评 | It’ s time you stopped beating yourself up over this. 在这件事上你不要再自责了。 | |
| - | ˌbeat ˈup on |
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| 1 | beat up on sb: beat up 1 | He and his brother are always beating up on each other. 他和他的兄弟老是互相打来打去。 | |
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| 2 | beat up on sb/yourself: to blame or criticize someone else or yourself 责备；批评 | I’ m not here to beat up on single parents. 我在这里并不是责备单亲家庭。 | |
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