beating

Word family

beat·ing /ˈbiːtɪŋ/ noun

1 [countableC]HIT an act of hitting someone many times as a punishment or in a fight 狠打，痛打

a brutal beating

一顿毒打

2 take a beating LOSE A GAME, COMPETITION, OR WARto lose very badly in a game or competition 惨败，败北

The Dodgers took a real beating on Saturday.

星期六道奇队遭遇惨败。

Examples from the Corpus

take a beating• Looks like egg-laying has taken a beating.• But since then, software stocks have taken a beating.• He took a beating today but he played his butt off.• History is taking a beating and sacrosanct tour records are being kept in pencil.• A principle as old as ancient tribes and almost as remotely understood, diplomatic immunity is taking a beating this week.• The Mets took a real beating last Saturday.• They took a beating on the Mudchute.• Technology stocks of all sizes continued to take a beating.• Liverpool was taking a beating, and rumours were free for the asking on every street corner and in every food queue.• `I hear you took a bit of a beating last night.' 'Yeah, we lost 12 -2.'

→ take some beating at beat1(11)

Examples from the Corpus

beating• If he didn't want a beating, or worse, he'd have to pander to these monsters.• His later published account describes bad food, hard work over a fourteen-hour day, beatings and injury from unguarded machinery.• But she realized that further beatings could result in medical bills.• Southern police responded to sit-ins and civil rights marches with fire hoses, tear gas, beatings, and arrests.• This was the kind of outfit that would invite a hundred beatings in the Handle.• Tom said that Brian's beating was the end as far as he was concerned.• The patient died of head injuries inflicted during the beating.• The beating McGee took was violent and quick.

beat·ing noun

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See also: beat

BNC: 8522 COCA: 5988