with obj.
1- strike repeatedly with hard blows连续猛击：
a prisoner was battered to death with a table leg
一个犯人被人用桌腿打死了
figurative 〈喻〉their idealism has been battered.
他们的理想主义遭到了连续重创。
1.1
- often as noun battering subject (one's spouse, partner, or child) to repeated violence and assault对（配偶、伴侣或孩子）虐待殴打。
1.2
- figurativeusu. as noun battering censure, criticize, or defeat severely or thoroughly〈喻〉抨击, 责难; 重创：
the film took a battering from critics.
那部电影遭到了评论家的抨击。
派生词
batterer
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French batre 'to beat' （from Latin battuere ） + -ER4.
1
- mass noun a semi-liquid mixture of flour, egg, and milk or water, used especially for making pancakes or for coating food before frying面糊（用面粉、鸡蛋、牛奶或水调制而成, 作薄饼或裹在即将油炸的食品外）。
1.1
- N. Amer. a mixture of ingredients for a cake〈北美〉（做蛋糕用的）混合面糊。
2
- Printing a damaged area of metal type or a printing block【印刷】（活字或铅版的）字面磨损处。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French bateure 'the action of beating'， from batre 'to beat'.
- (in various sports, especially baseball) a player who is batting（尤指棒球运动中的）击球员。