beat是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to defeat or do better than -- 打敗，戰勝

  • Simon always beats me at tennis. 西蒙在打網球時總是贏我。

  • Holland beat Belgium (by) 3–1. 荷蘭隊以3比1戰勝比利時隊。

  • The Miami Heat beat the Pacers 95-90/by five points.

  • Our team was comfortably/easily/soundly beaten in the first round of the competition. 在第一輪比賽中，我們隊被對手輕易地／毫不費力地／徹底打敗了。

  • The Nationalists were narrowly beaten in the election. 國民黨人在地方選舉中以微弱劣勢落敗。

  • He beat me fair and square (= without cheating). 他光明磊落地擊敗了我。

  • They were beaten hands down (= completely) by their opponents. 他們被對手徹底打敗了。

  • She has beaten her own record of three minutes ten seconds. 她打破了自己創下的3分10秒紀錄。

  • [ + -ing verb ] Taking the bus sure beats walking. 坐公車當然比走路好。

  • slang Taking the bus beats the hell out of (= is much better than) walking all the way there. 坐公車比一路走到那裡要好得多。

  • You can't beat (= there is nothing more enjoyable than) a cold beer on a hot afternoon. 在炎熱的下午，沒有甚麼比喝上一杯冰鎮啤酒更舒爽的了。

  • Let's try to beat the traffic by leaving early in the morning. 我們在早上盡量早點出門，以避開交通擠塞。

  • I always do my shopping early to beat the rush. 我總是很早就去購物，以避開繁忙的時段。

  • I was just going to clean the kitchen, but you beat me to it. 我剛準備打掃廚房，你已經搶先做完了。

• 1 to hit repeatedly -- （接連地）打，擊

  • They saw him beating his dog with a stick. 他們看見他用棍子打他的狗。

  • The child had been brutally/savagely beaten. 孩子遭到毒打。

  • She was beaten to death. 她被活活打死了。

  • [ + obj + adj ] He was beaten senseless. 他被打昏了。

  • Beat the drum. 打起鼓來。

  • The rain was beating down incessantly on the tin roof. 雨點不斷地打在鐵皮屋頂上。

  • We beat a path through the undergrowth. 我們在矮樹叢中開闢出一條路來。

• 2 to mix something repeatedly using a utensil such as a spoon or whisk -- （用如調羹或攪拌器等器具）攪打，攪拌

  • To make an omelette you first beat the eggs. 要做英式煎蛋，必須先把雞蛋打勻。

• 3 to (cause to) make a regular movement or sound -- （使）跳動；拍打；敲打

  • The doctor could feel no pulse beating. 醫生感覺不到脈搏的跳動。

  • Her heart started to beat faster. 她開始心跳加快。

  • The hummingbird beats its wings at great speed. 蜂鳥高速振動翅膀。

• 4 extremely tired -- （極度）疲勞，疲憊

  • I'm beat - I'm going to bed. 我很累，要去睡覺了。

  • You've been working too hard, you look dead beat. 你最近工作太辛苦了，看起來非常疲憊。

• 5 a regular movement or sound, especially that made by your heart -- （尤指心臟）連續的跳動（聲）

  • I put my head on his chest but I could feel no heartbeat. 我把頭貼近他的胸口，但感覺不到他的心跳。

  • My heart skipped a beat (= I felt very excited) when she said, "Yes, I'll marry you". 當她說出「是的，我願意嫁給你」時，我激動得心跳停了一下。

• 6 in music, a regular emphasis, or a place in the music where such an emphasis is expected -- （音樂的）節拍，拍子

  • The guitar comes in on the third beat. 吉他在第三拍加入。

  • Make sure you play on the beat. 表演時一定要跟上節拍。

  • He tapped his foot to the beat (= rhythm) of the music. 他的腳隨著音樂的節拍，輕輕地打著拍子。

• 7 an area for which someone, such as a police officer, has responsibility as part of their job -- （巡警的）巡邏區域；工作區域

  • Bob has worked as an officer on this particular beat for 20 years. 鮑勃在這個區域裡已經當警官巡邏了20年。