beat1 /biːt/ ●●● S2 W2 verb (past tensepst beat, past participlepp beaten /ˈbiːtn/) → beet1 competition/election 比赛/竞选 [transitiveT]BEAT/DEFEAT to get the most points, votes etc in a game, race, or competition 击败,打败,战胜 SYN defeat Brazil were beaten 2–1. 巴西队以1比2告负。
Labour easily beat the Conservatives in the last election. 工党在上一届选举中轻松击败保守党。
beat somebody at/in something I beat him more often at pool than he beats me. 我和他打落袋台球胜多负少。
beat somebody hollow British EnglishBrE, beat the pants off somebody American EnglishAmE (=defeat them easily) 把某人打得落花流水
2 hit 打 [transitiveT]HIT to hit someone or something many times with your hand, a stick etc 〔多次〕击打 photographs of rioters beating a policeman 暴徒殴打一名警察的照片
He was questioned and beaten. 他受到了审问和拷打。
The woman had been beaten to death by her husband. 那女子已被丈夫殴打致死。
Two prisoners were beaten unconscious. 两名囚犯被打昏过去。
beat somebody black and blue (=hit someone until it makes marks on their body) 把某人打得青一块紫一块
beat the living daylights out of somebody (=beat someone very hard) 把某人打得半死
► see thesaurus at hit 3 hit against 碰撞 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]HIT to hit against something many times or continuously 〔多次或连续〕撞击,拍打beat on/against/at etc Waves beat against the cliffs. 海浪拍打着悬崖。
rain beating on the windows 敲打着窗户的雨滴
Sid beat on the door with his hand. 锡德用手打门。
4 do better 做得更好BETTER [transitiveT] to do something better, faster etc than what was best before 打破〔记录〕;突破beat a record/score etc The record set by Kierson in '84 has yet to be beaten. 基尔逊在1984年创下的记录至今无人打破。
The company’s profits are unlikely to beat last year’s £10 million. 公司不太可能突破去年的一千万英镑利润。
5 be better 更好 [transitiveT not in progressive] especially spokenBETTER to be much better and more enjoyable than something else 赛过,胜过 Fresh milk beats powdered milk any time. 新鲜牛奶任何时候都比奶粉好。
beat doing something ‘Well, ’ said Culley, ‘it beats going to the office.’ “好吧,”卡利说,“那总比到办公室去好。”
You can’t beat swimming as a good all-body exercise. 游泳是再好不过的全身运动。
Nothing beats homemade cake. 什么也比不上家里做的蛋糕。
you can’t beat something (for something) For excitement, you just can’t beat college basketball. 要说刺激,没有什么可以跟大学篮球赛比。
6 food 食物 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]MIX to mix things together quickly with a fork or special kitchen machine 搅拌,搅打 Beat the eggs, then add the milk. 把鸡蛋搅一搅,然后加入牛奶。
beat something in Gradually beat in the sugar. 一边打,一边慢慢地加入糖。
beat something together Beat the butter and sugar together until fluffy. 把黄油和糖混在一起搅打到松软为止。
► see thesaurus at mix 7 control/deal with 控制/应付 [transitiveT] to successfully deal with a problem that you have been struggling with 克服,战胜〔困难〕 SYN conquer advice on how to beat depression 如何战胜忧郁症的建议
the government’s long fight to beat inflation 政府为抑制通货膨胀所进行的长期斗争
8 heart 心 [intransitiveI]HBHM when your heart beats, it moves in a regular rhythm as it pumps your blood 〔心脏〕跳(动) The average person’s heart beats 70 times a minute. 一般人的心跳是一分钟70次。
Jennifer’s heart was beating fast. 珍妮弗心跳得很快。
9. drums 鼓 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]CAPM if you beat drums, or if drums beat, they make a regular continuous sound 击(鼓),打(鼓);〔鼓〕敲响 10. wings 翅膀 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]HBB if a bird beats its wings, or if its wings beat, they move up and down quickly and regularly 拍打〔翅膀〕;〔翅膀〕有节奏地拍动 SYN flap 11 take some beating BEAT/DEFEATif something or someone will take some beating, it will be difficult for anyone or anything to be or do better 难以超过 Raikkonen has 42 points, which will take some beating. 莱科宁得到42分,很难超越。
Florida takes some beating as a vacation destination. 佛罗里达是个难得的度假胜地。
12 EARLYavoid 避免 [transitiveT] to avoid situations in which a lot of people are trying to do something, usually by doing something early 避开,避免 We left at four a.m. to beat the traffic. 我们凌晨四点就出发了,以避开交通拥堵。
Shopping by mail order lets you beat the queues. 邮购可免去排队之苦。
Shop now and beat the Christmas rush! 欲购从速,避开圣诞高峰!
13 do before SB else 先于别人做某事 [transitiveT] informalLOSE A GAME, COMPETITION, OR WAR to get or do something before someone else, especially if you are both trying to do it first 抢在…前面beat somebody to something John had beaten me to the breakfast table. 约翰抢在我前面跑到早餐桌边。
I wanted the last piece of pie, but somebody beat me to it. 我想吃那最后一块馅饼,可是有人抢先一步拿走了。
They wanted to make it into a film, but another studio beat them to the punch. 他们想把它拍成电影,可是被另一家电影公司捷足先登了。
14 beat about/around the bush DELAYto avoid or delay talking about something embarrassing or unpleasant 〔说话〕转弯抹角,旁敲侧击 Don’t beat around the bush. Ask for your account to be paid, and paid quickly. 别转弯抹角的,就跟人明说拿钱来把账结了,马上结掉。
beat about/around the bush• Don't beat about the bush.• Eliot did not beat about the bush.• I am not a person to beat about the bush.• I meant to be open with him but when it came to it I beat about the bush.• Let us stop beating about the bush.• She winced at their infelicities, at the clumsy way they beat about the bush.• No need to beat about the bush sweetie. 15 beat the system DISOBEYto find ways of avoiding or breaking the rules of an organization, system etc, in order to achieve what you want 钻制度的空子 Accountants know a few ways to beat the system. 当会计的多少知道一点钻制度空子的办法。
beat the system• There's a limit on how much luggage you can take on a plane, but there are ways to beat the system.• A special unit will be set up to stop crooks beating the system.• Prosecutors have warned that broader use of lie detectors will only give criminals another way to beat the system.• You can't beat the system and shouldn't want to, because it represents a co-operative progress towards shared goals.• Very few beat the system and those who did were not much encouraged by Bloomsbury House.• The brazen response of some was to smirk, for beating the system-any system-was a legitimate aspiration.• Gomez tried to beat the system by moving his money between his bank and investment accounts.• If we can not beat the system, how can we get it to work for us?• Available as both saloon and fastback, the Rover 820 Si 16v is designed to beat the system on two counts. 16 beat a path to somebody’s door (also beat down somebody’s door)GO if people beat a path to your door, they are interested in something you are selling, a service you are providing etc 踏破某人的门槛〔指对某人出售的东西或提供的服务等感兴趣〕 The new design was supposed to have consumers beating a path to their door. 这款新的设计预计将会吸引大批顾客。
beat a path to somebody’s door• People are going to beat a path from all over to play these golf courses. 17 beat a (hasty) retreat to leave somewhere or stop doing something very quickly, in order to avoid a bad situation 〔为避免困境〕(赶紧)溜走,(匆忙)撤退 He beat a hasty retreat when he spotted me. 他一看到我就赶紧溜走了。
18 beat the clock to finish something very quickly, especially before a particular time 提前完成 The company managed to beat the clock on delivering its new system. 公司终于提前发布了新的系统。
19 (it) beats me UNDERSTANDused to say that you do not know something, or cannot understand or explain it 我不懂,把我难住了 Beats me why he wants such a big car. 我搞不懂他为什么要这么大的一辆车。
‘What’s he saying?’ ‘Beats me.’ “他说什么?”“我也搞不清楚。”
(it) beats me• How do you measure such a thing? Beats me.• There's only one thing beats me.• Though why he wants to call himself a doctor beats me.• If he beats me at this game, well, he beats me.• It beats me how these kids can afford to spend so much money on clothes and CDs.• Though why the Good Lord didn't strike Durham itself beats me, instead of causing us all this trouble.• Well, I don't fight, he beats me up - it's my fault, I provoke him.• Pretty secluded. Beats me what he does. 20. beat it! LEAVE A PLACEused to tell someone to leave at once, because they are annoying you or should not be there 走开! 滚开!beat it!• Go on, you kids! Beat it! Now! 21 can you beat that/it? SURPRISEDANNOYused to show that you are surprised or annoyed by something 你相信吗?你想得到吗? 〔表示惊讶或恼火〕 They’ve got eight children! Can you beat that? 他们有八个孩子! 你想得到吗?
can you beat that/it?• All I can remember of her as a baby is how much she loved butter. Can you beat that?• Agricultural machinery, can you beat that?• But can they beat it consistently?• Can you beat that man, Senna? 22 beat your brains out THINK ABOUTto think about something very hard and for a long time 绞尽脑汁 I’ve been beating my brains out all week trying to finish this essay. 我整个星期都在搜肠刮肚,想写完这篇文章。
beat your brains out• Why should you beat your brains out fighting the environmentalists?• Shall we beat their brains out in court?• Seven hours of beating your brains out when you weren't feeling all that hot to begin with. 23. if you can’t beat 'em, join 'emjoin 'em if you can’t beat 'em TAKE PART/BE INVOLVEDused when you decide to take part in something even though you disapprove of it, because everyone else is doing it and you cannot stop them 斗不过他们就随了他们,随大流 24. beat the rap AVOID American EnglishAmE informal to avoid being punished for something you have done 逃脱惩罚beat the rap• Frye was arrested on state and federal charges, but he managed to beat the rap.• He's been indicted three times, but beat the rap each time.• He's been arrested on federal charges three times and has beaten the rap every time. 25 beat time APMto make regular movements or sounds to show the speed at which music should be played 打拍子 a conductor beating time with his baton 用指挥棒打拍子的乐队指挥
26. beat a path/track to make a path by walking over an area of land 踏出一条小路beat a path/track• Most of the sites the company has in mind to visit are far off any beaten path.• Soon it is not going to be so easy to get off the beaten path.• They are off the beaten track.• To say that Crenshaw is off the beaten path is an understatement.• Sights sight that's off the beaten track or when time is include Stratford-upon-Avon, Hadrian's Wall, limited.• I called on the Birth Grandmother to help me beat a path through the honyaek to the windows.• The students - and their professors - beat a path to his door.• It has become such an attraction that local tour operators are beating a path to its door. 27 to beat the band LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT American EnglishAmE informal in large amounts or with great force 大量地;大力地 It’s raining to beat the band. 现在正下着倾盆大雨。
to beat the band• It's raining to beat the band. 28 beat the heat COLD American EnglishAmE informal to make yourself cooler 去暑,解热 Fresh lemonade is a great way to beat the heat. 喝新鲜柠檬水是解热的好办法。
29. metal 金属 (also beat out) [transitiveT]HCMTI to hit metal with a hammer in order to shape it or make it thinner 锤打,〔用锤〕敲打 30. hunting 打猎 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DSO to force wild birds and animals out of bushes, long grass etc so that they can be shot for sport 将(猎物)赶出〔树丛、草丛等〕 31. beat your breast literaryUPSET to show clearly that you are very upset or sorry about something 捶胸顿足〔表示难过或愧疚〕 → beaten, beatingn COLLOCATIONSadverbseasily beat somebodyJason easily beats me at chess every time we play.
narrowly beat somebody (=by only a few points, votes etc)New Zealand narrowly beat the Springboks in South Africa.
comfortably beat somebody (=by more than a few points, votes etc)He comfortably beat the second placed candidate.
soundly beat somebody (=by a lot of points, votes etc)In each event she soundly beat her opponents.
beat somebody hands down (=beat someone very easily)He should be able to beat them all hands down.
comprehensively beat somebody (=by a lot of points, votes etc)There’s no point trying to offer excuses as to why we were so comprehensively beaten.
convincingly beat somebody (=in a way that clearly shows someone deserves to win)Mexico convincingly beat Brazil 2–0.
phrasesbeat somebody into second/third etc placeHe was beaten into second place in the Monaco Grand Prix.
THESAURUSbeat to get more points, votes etc than someone. Beat is used especially in spoken English 击败,战胜〔尤用于口语〕We should have beaten them easily. 我们本来应该能够轻松击败他们。
I always beat my brother at tennis. 打网球我总是赢我弟弟。
defeat to beat someone. Defeat is more formal than beat and is used especially in writing 打败,击败〔defeat比beat正式,尤用于书面语〕England were defeated by 2 goals to 1. 英格兰队以一比二败北。
Bush defeated Kerry in the election. 布什在大选中击败了克里。
trounce /traʊns/ to defeat someone completely in a game 〔体育比赛中〕彻底打败,击溃They were trounced 20–0 by Kuwait. 他们以0比20惨败给科威特队。
thrash British EnglishBrE informal, cream American EnglishAmE informal to beat someone very easily in a game 〔体育比赛中〕轻取,轻松击败Of course, they totally creamed the other team. 当然,他们轻松击败了另一队。
nI hope we thrash them!
wipe the floor with somebody informal to beat someone completely in a game or argument 〔在体育比赛或争论中〕彻底击败某人;把某人驳得体无完肤She wiped the floor with her opponent in the debate. 她在辩论中把对手驳得体无完肤。
nThey won a £1,000 prize after wiping the floor with the opposition in a bowling competition.
32 beat down phrasal verbphr v b) DNif the rain beats down, it is raining very hard 〔雨〕倾盆而下 c) beat the door down to hit a door so hard that it falls down 把门都捶破了
d) beat somebody down British EnglishBrECHEAP to persuade someone to reduce a price 跟某人还价,跟某人杀价beat somebody down to He wanted £4,500 for the car, but I beat him down to £3,850. 这辆车他想卖4,500英镑,但最后我压到了3,850英镑。
e) beat somebody ↔ down to make someone feel defeated, so they no longer respect themselves 使某人颓丧,使某人沮丧 The women seemed beaten down. 这些女人好像很颓丧。
beat somebody down• I beat him down and got the bracelet for $2.• The owners originally wanted $1000 for the horse, but George managed to beat them down to $850. 33 beat off phrasal verbphr v a) beat somebody/something ↔ offPREVENT to succeed in defeating someone who is attacking, opposing, or competing with you 击败某人/某事 McConnell beat off a challenge for his Senate seat. 麦康奈尔挫败了一个挑战他参议员席位的人。
b) SY American EnglishAmE informal not polite if a man beats off, he masturbates 〔男子〕手淫
34 beat somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v b) especially American EnglishAmEBEAT/DEFEAT to defeat someone in a competition 击败〔竞争对手〕 Lockheed beat out a rival company to win the contract. 洛克希德公司击败竞争对手,得到了那份合同。
for Roberts beat out Tony Gwynn for the Most Valuable Player Award. 罗伯茨击败托尼·格温,获得最有价值球员奖。
c) STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto put out a fire by hitting it many times with something such as a cloth 〔用布等拍打以〕扑灭〔火〕 beat out• So now the Channel Islands businessmen want to buy out what they can not beat.• Shall we beat their brains out in court?• We thought the murderous hordes were beaten and whimpering out in the jungles, licking their wounds.• Six months ago, Pete Wilson wanted to beat the daylights out of Bob Dole on the campaign trail.• Like in the Teamsters, where they beat the shit out of people in parking lots.• Before the night was over he was going to beat the shit out of that no-good, fucking drunk.• Fear of the future had long since beaten that out of the young.• Seven hours of beating your brains out when you weren't feeling all that hot to begin with. 35 beat up phrasal verbphr v a) beat somebody ↔ upHIT to hurt someone badly by hitting them 痛打某人,毒打某人 Her boyfriend got drunk and beat her up. 她男朋友喝醉了,把她狠狠揍了一顿。
b) beat up on somebody American EnglishAmEHIT to hit someone and harm them, especially someone younger or weaker than yourself 欺负殴打某人〔尤指弱小的人〕 c) BLAME beat yourself up (also beat up on yourself American EnglishAmE) informal to blame yourself too much for something 太过自责 If you do your best and you lose, you can’t beat yourself up about it. 你要是尽了最大努力后还是失败,就不用太责怪自己了。
beat up on somebody• They just love beating up on architects.• Everybody beat up on him because he made the team.• She's never going to get anywhere if she tries to beat up on males, especially a catch like me.• I used to beat up on my brothers when we were kids.• There was no need to take the time to beat up on the new pioneers.