beat的中文翻譯是什麼意思

VERB打；猛擊

If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.

• My wife tried to stop them and they beat her...

  我妻子想阻止他們，他們就打了她。

• They were beaten to death with baseball bats.

  他們被人用棒球棒打死了。

VERB（通常指多次或連續地）撞擊，猛撞，拍打

To beat on, at, or against something means to hit it hard, usually several times or continuously for a period of time.

• There was dead silence but for a fly beating against the glass...

  當時一片寂靜，只聽見一隻蒼蠅不停地撞擊著玻璃。

• Nina managed to free herself and began beating at the flames with a pillow...

  尼娜好不容易掙脫出來，拿起枕頭用力撲打火焰。

VERB（心臟、脈搏等）跳動

When your heart or pulse beats, it continually makes regular rhythmic movements.

• I felt my heart beating faster.

  我感覺我的心越跳越快。

V-ERG敲，打，擊（鼓等）；（鼓等）敲響

If you beat a drum or similar instrument, you hit it in order to make a sound. You can also say that a drum beats .

• When you beat the drum, you feel good.

  敲鼓的時候感覺很好。

• ...drums beating and pipes playing.

  敲鼓和吹風笛

N-COUNT（音樂的）節奏

The beat of a piece of music is the main rhythm that it has.

• ...the thumping beat of rock music.

  搖滾樂強烈的節奏

• ...the dance beats of the last two decades.

  過去20年的舞曲節奏

N-COUNT（音樂的）拍子，節拍

In music, a beat is a unit of measurement. The number of beats in a bar of a piece of music is indicated by two numbers at the beginning of the piece.

• It's got four beats to a bar.

  一個小節有4拍。

VERB攪拌；攪打

If you beat eggs, cream, or butter, you mix them thoroughly using a fork or beater.

• Beat the eggs and sugar until they start to thicken.

  把雞蛋和白糖混在一起攪打至開始變稠。

V-ERG拍打，拍動（翅膀）；（翅膀）拍動

When a bird or insect beats its wings or when its wings beat, its wings move up and down.

• Beating their wings they flew off...

  它們拍打著翅膀飛走了。

• Its wings beat slowly.

  它的翅膀緩慢拍動著。

VERB打敗；擊敗；戰勝

If you beat someone in a competition or election, you defeat them.

• In yesterday's games, Switzerland beat the United States two-one...

  在昨天的比賽中，瑞士以2比1擊敗美國。

• There are men who simply don't like being beaten by a woman...

  有些男人就是不想被女人打敗。

VERB打破（紀錄等）；超過； 突破

If someone beats a record or achievement, they do better than it.

• He was as eager as his Captain to beat the record.

  他和隊長一樣渴望打破這項紀錄。

VERB戰勝（某個組織、問題、疾病等）

If you beat something that you are fighting against, for example an organization, a problem, or a disease, you defeat it.

• It became clear that the Union was not going to beat the government...

  情況已然明朗，工會無法和政府抗衡。

• They recognise that tough action offers the only hope of beating inflation...

  他們認識到這一嚴厲舉措是戰勝通貨膨脹的唯一希望。

VERB（常指暫時）擊退，中斷，中止

If an attack or an attempt is beaten off or is beaten back, it is stopped, often temporarily.

• The rescuers were beaten back by strong winds and currents...

  救援人員因風浪太大而被迫中斷工作。

• South Africa's ruling National Party has beaten off a right-wing challenge.

  南非執政的國民黨已經擊退了右翼分子的一次挑戰。

VERB好於；優於；勝於

If you say that one thing beats another, you mean that it is better than it.

• Being boss of a software firm beats selling insurance...

  當軟體公司的老闆比賣保險強多了。

• Nothing quite beats the luxury of soaking in a long, hot bath at the end of a tiring day...

  辛苦一天之後美美地泡個熱水澡比什麼都強。

VERB沒有比…更好的；什麼也比不上；最好的莫過於

If you say you can't beat a particular thing you mean that it is the best thing of its kind.

• You can't beat soap and water for cleansing.

  做清潔沒有比用肥皂和水更好的了。

VERB趕在…前面；搶先

To beat a time limit or an event means to achieve something before that time or event.

• They were trying to beat the midnight deadline...

  他們要努力趕在午夜的最後期限之前完成。

• Those who shop on Sunday to beat the rush are wasting their time.

  那些為了在搶購高峰前下手而在星期天購物的人是在浪費時間。

N-COUNT（警察的）轄區，巡邏區；（記者的）負責採訪的區域

A police officer's or journalist's beat is the area for which he or she is responsible.

• The team police get to know the people in their patrol areas better than cops who must cover a larger beat.

  小分隊的警察比那些負責大片區域的警察更瞭解自己管片的群眾。

VERB把…難住；使不明白；使無法解釋

You use beat in expressions such as 'It beats me' or 'What beats me is' to indicate that you cannot understand or explain something.

• 'What am I doing wrong, anyway?' — 'Beats me, Lewis.'...

  “不管怎樣，我到底做錯了什麼？”——“這我也不知道，劉易斯。”

• How you can be so insensitive absolutely beats me.

  我真搞不懂你怎麼會這麼麻木。

PHRASE滾開；走開

If you tell someone to beat it, you are telling them to go away.

• Beat it before it's too late.

  趁早滾開。

CONVENTION（表示驚訝或惱怒）竟然有這種事？豈有此理！

You can say Can you beat it? or Can you beat that? to show that you are surprised and perhaps annoyed about something.

• Can you beat it; there was Graham Greene in Freetown and there was I on the other side of Africa.

  真是豈有此理！格雷厄姆·格林在弗里敦，而我卻在非洲的另一邊。

PHRASE比…搶先行動；趕在…前面（做某事）

If you intend to do something but someone beats you to it, they do it before you do.

• Don't be too long about it or you'll find someone has beaten you to it.

  別拖得太久，不然就會有人捷足先登了。

PHRASE打不過，就入夥

If you can't beat them, join them means that, if someone is too strong for you to defeat, it is better to be on the same side as them.

PHRASE停頓；猶豫

If you say or do something without missing a beat, you continue to speak or do it, even though people might have expected you to hesitate or stop.

• 'Are you jealous?' — 'Only when I'm not in control,' he says, not missing a beat.

  “你眼紅嗎？”——“除非我把持不住自己，”他毫不猶豫地說道。

PHRASE錯失機會

If you say that someone never misses a beat, you mean that they always know what is going on and how they can take advantage of it.

• Skye has scarcely missed a beat as one of the Gold Coast's spectacular models since her marriage.

  絲凱作為黃金海岸大紅大紫的模特兒，自結婚以後從來就沒有錯失過任何機會。

PHRASE（警察）值勤，當班，巡邏

A police officer on the beat is on duty, walking around the area for which he or she is responsible.

• The officer on the beat picks up information; hears cries for help; makes people feel safe.

  值勤警員注意觀察情況，對救援呼叫及時反應，確保讓百姓有一種安全感。

PHRASE打拍子

If you beat time to a piece of music, you move your hand or foot up and down in time with the music. A conductor beats time to show the choir or orchestra how fast they should sing or play the music.

• He beats time with hands and feet.

  他手腳並用地打著拍子。