| 词汇 | beat |
| 释义 | beat verb uk /biːt/ us /biːt/beat | beaten or US alsobeat beatverb (DEFEAT)B1[ T ] to defeat or do better than: 打败，战胜 beat someone at somethingSimon always beats me at tennis.西蒙打网球总是赢我。 The Miami Heat beat the Pacers by five points, 95-90. Holland beat Belgium (by) 3–1.荷兰队3比1战胜比利时队。 Our team was comfortably/easily/soundly beaten in the first round of the competition.在第一轮比赛中我们队被对手轻松地／毫不费劲儿地／彻底打败了。 The Nationalists were narrowly beaten in the election.国民党人在地方选举中以微弱劣势落败。 He beat me fair and square (= without cheating).他光明磊落地击败了我。 They were beaten hands down (= completely) by their opponents.他们被对手彻底打败了。 beat a recordShe has beaten her own record of three minutes ten seconds.她打破了自己创造的3分10秒的纪录。 Synonyms annihilateinformal conquer crush(BEAT) defeat hammer(DEFEAT)informal thrash(DEFEAT)informal trounce to beat someone in a race, competition, etc. beatUnited beat City 3 - 2. defeatCan Ireland defeat New Zealand in this high-stakes match? conquerThe Greeks had fought and conquered the army of Mardonius. vanquishThe superhero always vanquishes his foes and saves the world. annihilateModern superpowers succeed not by annihilating their enemies but by buying them off. hammerThe Colts got hammered by the Patriots. B2informal to be better or more enjoyable than another activity or experience: （非正式）比…好；比…更有乐趣 beat the hell out ofslangTaking the bus beats the hell out of (= is much better than) walking all the way there.坐公共汽车比一路走到那儿要好得多。 you can't beatYou can't beat (= there is nothing more enjoyable than) a cold beer on a hot afternoon.在炎热的下午，没有什么比喝上一杯冰镇啤酒更爽的了。 [ + -ing verb ]Taking the bus sure beats walking.坐公共汽车当然比走路好。 [ T ] To beat something that is going to happen is to take action before the thing happens: 对…采取预防措施；避免 beat the rushI always do my shopping early to beat the rush.我总是很早就去购物以避开高峰时段。 Let's try to beat the traffic by leaving early in the morning.我们争取早上早点出发以避免交通拥堵。 beat someone to it to do something before someone else does it: 比…先下手，抢先于…做 I was just going to clean the kitchen, but you beat me to it.我刚准备打扫厨房，你已经抢先做完了。 Paul beat me by three games to two. With this new product, we are well situated to beat our competitors. They will be a tough team to beat.他们会是一支很难战胜的队伍。 The Liberal Democrats may form a pact with Labour to try to beat the Conservatives in the next election. She came within two seconds of beating the world record.她离打破世界纪录差了不到两秒。 Winning and defeating annihilate annihilation bank be gunning for someoneidiom be one in the eye for someoneidiom convincing mincemeat moral victory move/go/close in for the killidiom near thing outclass scrape sew slaughter sweep the boardidiom take someone down take someone to the cleaner'sidiom take something apart takedown thrash You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Surpassing in quality or number Acting and acts beatverb (HIT)B2[ I or T, usually+ adv/prep ] to hit repeatedly: （接连地）打，击 beat downThe rain was beating down incessantly on the tin roof.雨点不断地打在锡皮屋顶上。 be beaten to deathShe was beaten to death.她被活活打死了。 They saw him beating his dog with a stick.他们看见他用棍子打他的狗。 The child had been brutally/savagely beaten.孩子遭到了毒打。 [ + obj + adj ]He was beaten senseless.他被打昏了。 Beat the drum.打起鼓来。 to hit someone or something hitShe was expelled for hitting another pupil. whackShe whacked the water with her paddle. bashThe swinging door bashed him in the face. strikeShe had been struck on the head with a golf ball. beatHe was cruel to his dog and beat it with a stick. punchHe punched me in the stomach. beat a path through something to form a path in an area where long grass or bushes grow closely together, by hitting the plants with your hands or an object, or by stepping on them: 在…中踏出一条路；在…中开辟道路 We beat a path through the undergrowth.我们在矮树丛中开辟出一条路来。 The rain beat against her face as she struggled through the wind.她在风雨中艰难行进，雨水打在她的脸上。 They've threatened to beat him to a jelly if he doesn't repay the money.他们威胁说，如果他不还钱，就把他打成肉酱。 People were shocked by the advertisement which depicted a woman beating her husband.人们对那个女人殴打丈夫的广告感到非常震惊。 His bruises lent credence to his statement that he had been beaten. I felt sick when I heard about the prisoners being beaten. Hitting and beating at-risk bang away bang someone up basher bashing butt duke fetch gut punch hammer head-butt hell mess punch swing at someone swing for someone tan someone's hideidiom tar tonk wallop beatverb (MIX)C1 to mix something repeatedly using a utensil such as a spoon or whisk: （用如勺子或搅拌器等器具）搅打，搅拌 To make an omelette you first beat the eggs.要做煎蛋饼，必须先把鸡蛋打匀。 Mixing and mixtures amalgam be neither one thing nor the otheridiom blend blend in/blend into something blender blitz churn crossed decoction emulsion guaraná homogeneous mixture meld methylate mingle mosaic mush saturated solution scramble synthesis You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Cookery terms beatverb (MOVEMENT)B1[ I or T ] to (cause to) make a regular movement or sound: （使）跳动;拍打;敲打 The doctor could feel no pulse beating.医生感觉不到脉搏的跳动。 Her heart started to beat faster.她开始心跳加快。 The hummingbird beats its wings at great speed.蜂鸟高速振动翅膀。 beat time to make a regular sound or movement to music: 打拍子 He beat time on the table to mark the rhythm of the poem. They danced to the beat of the drums. The beat of the music was strangely hypnotic.这种音乐的节奏有种奇怪的催眠作用。 The car radio was pumping out music with a heavy beat.汽车的收音机不停地播放着节奏感强的歌曲。 Every time he looks at me my heart skips a beat.他每看我一眼，我的心里就一紧。 Waltzes have three beats in/to the bar. Shaking, swinging and vibrating brandish earth-shaking flappy flourish fluff fluff something up reverberation reverberative ripple rock-a-bye shake out shakily shiver sway thrash trembly tremulously vibrate vibration vibratory Idiomsbeat someone at their own game beat someone hollow beat someone's brains out beat your breast/chest beat a path to someone's door beat a retreat beat around the bush beat a dead horse beat it! beat the rap if you can't beat 'em, join 'em it beats me take some beating the beating heart of something that beats everything Phrasal verbsbeat someone/something back beat down beat someone down beat someone off beat off beat something out beat someone out beat out something beat something out of someone beat someone up beat yourself up beat up on someone beat adjective[ after verb ] informaluk /biːt/ us /biːt/ extremely tired: 极度疲惫的，精疲力竭的 dead beatYou've been working too hard—you look dead beat.你最近工作太辛苦了，看起来非常疲惫。 I'm beat - I'm going to bed.我很累，要去睡觉了。 Synonym bushed After a weekend of partying, I'm absolutely beat. She had been through a hell of a lot and she looked beat. Tired and making tired all in anti-fatigue at your worstidiom be dead on your feetidiom be fit/ready to dropidiom finish something off fit to dropidiom fragile gassed haggard knackered shell-shocked sleep deprivation sleep-deprived sleepily sleepiness sleepy strung out yawningly zonked beat noun uk /biːt/ us /biːt/ beatnoun (MOVEMENT)B2[ C or U ] a regular movement or sound, especially that made by your heart: （尤指心脏）连续的跳动（声） skip a beatMy heart skipped a beat (= I felt very excited) when she said, "Yes, I'll marry you."当她说出“是的，我愿意嫁给你”时，我激动得心跳顿了一下。 I put my head on his chest but I could feel no heartbeat.我把头贴近他的胸口，但感觉不到他的心跳。 They danced to the beat of the drums. The beat of the music was strangely hypnotic.这种音乐的节奏有种奇怪的催眠作用。 The car radio was pumping out music with a heavy beat.汽车的收音机不停地播放着节奏感强的歌曲。 Every time he looks at me my heart skips a beat.他每看我一眼，我的心里就一紧。 Waltzes have three beats in/to the bar. The circulatory system & blood ABO accessory pathway adventitia adventitial ANA auricle bicuspid valve corpuscle femoral artery glomus granulocyte haematogenous haemic phagocyte portal system precava pulmonary artery pulmonary vein pulmonic tricuspid valve beatnoun (MUSIC)B2[ C or U ] in music, a regular emphasis, or a place in the music where such an emphasis is expected: （音乐的）节拍，拍子 on the beatMake sure you play on the beat.表演一定要跟上节拍。 to the beatHe tapped his foot to the beat (= rhythm) of the music.他的脚随着音乐的节拍，轻轻打着拍子。 The guitar comes in on the third beat.吉他在第3拍加入。 Beats or lengths of musical notes backbeat bar bar line breakbeat common time half note hemidemisemiquaver major seventh major sixth major third metre ninth perfect fifth perfect fourth phrase quadruple quarter note quaver quintuple semibreve beatnoun (AREA)[ Cusually singular ] an area for which someone, such as a police officer, has responsibility as part of their job: （巡警的）巡逻区域;工作区域 Bob has worked as an officer on this particular beat for 20 years.鲍勃在这个区域已经当警官巡逻了20年。 be on the beat (alsowalk the beat) A police officer who is on the beat or walking the beat is on duty, walking around rather than driving in a police car: （巡警）在步行巡逻 Most people would like to see more bobbies on the beat in their area. The police generally anti-police anti-riot baton baton charge billy club booze bus fuzz gendarmerie Interpol kettle kettling lathi patrol wagon precinct riot police Scotland Yard secret police self-policing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police warrant beatnoun (IN STORY)[ C ]mainly US an important moment, event, or subject in a story, film, etc.: The moment is gruesome, but it’s also an important beat in the story. The director effortlessly handles the plot twists and emotional beats. It's all about making sense of the story from beat to beat, figuring out if a scene adds up. The series has yet to progress from its promising debut, reiterating the same plot and character beats. The sequences are told sideways; the story beats aren’t as obvious as they usually are, but they do connect up with the larger story. Sometimes, when they cut the movie together, it doesn't work. Because the beats of comedy are in the cutting. This week in Washington, for many there is only one story, only one beat: the allegations against the president. Cinema & theatre: parts of plays, shows & films blooper reel byplay cold open costume coup de théâtre denouement dream sequence exeunt exit finale framing device in costume intermission interval MacGuffin meet-cute plot hole showstopper sketch stage direction Idiomnot miss/skip a beat beat | American Dictionarybeat verb us/bit/ beatverb (DEFEAT)[ T ]past tensebeat | past participlebeatenus/ˈbi·tən/beat to defeat a competitor, or to do or be better than someone or something: In football, the Giants beat the 49ers, 17-3. Most people think that the governor will beat his opponent. The room wasn’t much, but it beat driving to a hotel 20 miles away. [ T ]past tensebeat | past participlebeatenus/ˈbi·tən/beat To beat something that is going to happen is to take action that will prevent it from having an effect on you: I leave work early to beat the traffic. beatverb (HIT)[ I/T ]past tensebeat | past participlebeatenus/ˈbit·ən/beat to hit repeatedly: [ T ]He looked as if he’d been beaten. [ I ]The children were beating on the table. beatverb (MIX)[ T ]past tensebeat | past participlebeatenus/ˈbit·ən/beat to mix food with a fast circular motion: [ M ]Beat in the egg yolks. beatverb (RHYTHM)[ I/T ]past tensebeat | past participlebeatenus/ˈbit·ən/beat to make a rhythmic sound or movement, or to hit something in rhythm to make such a sound: [ I ]I was so nervous I could feel my heart beating. [ T ]He steadily beat the drum. [ I ]Without calcium, your heart could not beat correctly. Idiomsbeat around the bush beat it (it) beats me Phrasal verbsbeat someone to something beat down beat out someone beat up someone beat up on someone beat noun[ Cusually sing ] us/bit/ beatnoun[C usually sing] (AREA)an area for which someone, esp. a police officer, has responsibility as part of the job: People are comforted to see cops on the beat. beatnoun[C usually sing] (RHYTHM)music the rhythmic sound in music that repeats regularly: We clapped in time to the beat. beat adjective infmlus/bit/ beatadjective (TIRED)extremely tired: I’m beat – I’m going to bed. beat | Business Englishbeat verb[ T ] uk /biːt/usbeat | beaten | US alsobeat to do better than someone or something: Yesterday's close beat the record set Feb. 1. With their lowest price guarantee, they will beat the price of a competitor's product by 10%. beat estimates/expectations/forecastsDeclines in shares of the world's biggest chip maker halted when the company beat expectations for profits. They are selling the software packages at prices that are hard to beat. beat the competition to be more successful than other people or companies that you are competing against: The way to beat the competition is to recruit and retain talented staff. beat a path to sb's door to be eager to buy or get something from someone: By making furniture distinguished in design and workmanship, it has persuaded buyers to beat a path to its door. beat a (hasty) retreat to decide not to continue with something that has become too difficult or not worth doing: Most of the market beat a hasty retreat, investors being unimpressed by a volatile performance on Wall Street. beat a retreat from sthThe prime minister's cabinet continues to beat a retreat from many economic reforms. beat sb at their own game informal to use the methods by which someone has tried to defeat you to your own advantage: By buying two competitors who tried to beat him at his own game, he created the three networks he now owns. beat sb to it to achieve something before someone else does it: We got very close to buying the franchise last year before another company beat us to it. beat the odds to succeed despite having a disadvantage: Many mergers fail to deliver value to shareholders, but the bank's new president thinks it will be able to beat the odds. if you can't beat 'em, join 'eminformal(alsoif you can't beat them, join them) said when you accept that you cannot be as successful as someone else without doing what they do: If you can't beat them, join them. Beginning in February the domestic distributor will become the exclusive U.S. importer for the popular foreign brands. take some beating to do something so well that it is difficult for anyone else to do better: The automaker has delivered an impressive hatchback car that will take some beating. Phrasal verbsbeat sb/sth back beat sb/sth down beat off sb/sth beat out sb/sth |
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