单词 | beating |
释义 | beating 1.(assault)(惩罚性的)鞭打, 毒打 She had left home after a savage beating.她被狠狠鞭打一顿之后离开了家。 The team secured pictures of prisoners showing signs of severe beatings.团队获得了囚犯露出受严酷拷打后所致伤痕的照片。 to give sb a beating毒打某人一顿 2.(defeat )打败;击败 to take a beating (be defeated)被打败 The England team took a terrible beating.英格兰队遭到惨败。 The Conservatives took a beating in the elections.保守党在选举中被击败了。 (do badly)蒙受损失 Our firm has taken a terrible beating in recent years.我们公司近年来蒙受了重大损失。 3.+of heart跳动;搏动;+of rain拍打;敲打 I could hear the beating of my heart.我能听到自己的心跳。 the silence broken only by the beating of the rain只听得到雨的拍打声的寂静 4.to take some beatingorto take a lot of beating<非正式>(be difficult to better)难以被超越;具有一流水准 For sheer scale and grandeur, Leeds Castle in Kent takes some beating.单从规模和辉煌程度来说, 肯特郡的利兹城堡很难被超越。 |
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