| 词组 | beat |
| 释义 | beat [beat, beaten, beating] beat down 1. the sun beats down if the sun beats down, it shines very strongly and the weather is hot: ▪ The sun was beating down on our backs and our throats were dry. ▪ It's incredible how animals have adapted to this harsh environment, where the sun beats down remorselessly every day. 2. the rain beats down if the rain beats down, it rains very hard: ▪ At that moment the sky darkened and the rain began to beat down. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑pour down 3. beat sb down BrE to persuade someone to reduce the price of something you are buying, by arguing about it: ▪ They wanted $250,000 for the house but we beat them down to $200,000. ▪ He wants $7,000 for his car, but I'm sure I can beat him down a bit. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑knock down, ↑get down 4. beat sb down usually passive AmE if a situation or person beats you down, they make you lose enthusiasm or energy: ▪ I was really excited when I first started the job, but I soon felt beaten down by the negative atmosphere in the office. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑wear down, ↑get down beat off 1. beat off sb/sth • beat sb/sth off to succeed in stopping someone from attacking you, by hitting them: ▪ The old man managed to beat off his attackers using his walking stick. ▪ Although the dog looked very fierce, I was able to beat if off. 2. beat off sth/sb • beat sth/sb off to succeed in defeating someone who is competing with you or opposing you: ▪ The manufacturers were looking at different techniques in an effort to beat off their rivals. beat off competition ▪ Rolls Royce beat off competition from the American companies for the new engine contract. ▪ Stuart Ewin ran twenty yards, beating off strong challenges from the other team, before driving the ball home. 3. beat off AmE informal if a man beats off, he makes himself sexually excited by rubbing his sexual organs ■ SIMILAR TO: masturbate, ↑toss off BrE informal beat out 1. beat out a rhythm if you beat out a rhythm on a drum, you make the drum produce a regular pattern of sounds: ▪ When the ceremony was about to begin, someone began to beat out a rhythm on the drums. 2. beat out sth • beat sth out to make a fire stop burning by hitting it with something beat out a fire/the flames ▪ Heather seized a branch of a tree and began to beat out the flames. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑put out 3. beat sb out • beat out sb AmE informal to defeat someone or do better than them in a competition: ▪ The Raiders beat out their rivals, the Kansas City Chiefs. beat out of beat sth out of sb to force someone to tell you something, by hitting them until they agree to talk: ▪ The police said that if he didn't tell them where the girl was, they'd beat it out of him. beat up beat sb up • beat up sb to attack and seriously hurt someone, by hitting or kicking them many times: ▪ Two men dragged him from his car and beat him up so badly he was in hospital for a month. ▪ He was beaten up by a gang of thugs in the city centre. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑bash up BrE informal, ↑do over BrE spoken informal beat up on beat up on sb AmE to attack someone or criticize them unfairly, especially someone younger or weaker than you are: ▪ Basically Popeye's a nice guy. He just beats up on bad guys. ▪ Kerry accused politicians of beating up on immigrants to get votes. |
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