beatings

英 [ˈbiːtɪŋz]

美 [ˈbitɪŋz]

n.  狠打; 揍; 笞打; 惨败; 严重受挫; 有规律的敲打(声); 有节奏的运动(声)
beating的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （尤指用棍子等进行的）殴打，痛打
  If someone is given abeating, they are hit hard many times, especially with something such as a stick.
  1. ...the savage beating of a black motorist by white police officers...
     白人警察对一名黑人驾车者的野蛮殴打。
  2. The team secured pictures of prisoners showing signs of severe beatings.
     这个小组搞到了一些显示囚犯有被毒打痕迹的照片。
• N-SING （竞争或选举中的）大败，惨败
  If something such as a business, a political party, or a team takesa beating, it is defeated by a large amount in a competition or election.
  1. Our firm has taken a terrible beating in recent years.
     我们公司近几年败得一塌糊涂。
• PHRASE 难以被超越
  If you say that something willtake some beating, you mean that it is very good and it is unlikely that anything better will be done or made.
  1. For sheer scale and grandeur, Leeds Castle in Kent takes some beating.
     单从规模和气势来说，肯特的利兹城堡独领风骚。

双语例句

• I ask how he managed physically during the trial, mindful that following his release from prison in 2004 the charges were eventually quashed after six years inside he flew to Germany for surgery, following repeated beatings.
  我问他，在审判期间是如何维持身体状况的，我知道在已经服刑六年，到2004年案件才终于撤销从监狱释放后，他曾因遭到反复殴打而飞往德国接受手术。
• He could stand the beatings and he did.
  挨打他能忍受，也忍受住了。
• That was when the most sadistic beatings occurred.
  最严重的施虐毒打就是在这种时候发生的。
• Local reporters frequently risk beatings or worse if they try to investigate corruption.
  如果地方记者试图调查腐败，他们通常面临挨打或更严重的危险。
• She began counting them, remarking that they were much slower than the beatings of her heart;
  那只钟是有秒针的，她开始数秒针的走动，她发现秒针的摆动比自己的心跳要慢得多。
• A maid was forced to work 21 hours a day and endure beatings with a toilet brush.
  一名女佣被雇主强迫每日工作二十一小时，雇主并用厕所刷毒打女佣。
• I also have a large tumor in my brain from beatings.
  我同时在脑部也有个起因于受打击产生的巨大肿瘤。
• At least 300 have died from starvation, dehydration and beatings, according to the UN.
  联合国（UN）称，至少有300人死于饥饿、脱水和毒打。
• But for those who have tired of watching the beatings in China's many Chongqings, maybe that just no longer matters.
  不过，对于那些厌倦了观看在中国很多城市像重庆这样“欺负”外国公司的人，或许这已经不重要了。
• I still have medical problems from the beatings.
  因为遭到殴打，我到现在仍需要就医。