- (连续)打击，(尤指用棍或其他硬物接连地)打，击，敲打，敲，拍：
The police beat the door down in order to get into the building.
警察为了进大楼强行砸开了大楼的大门。
The rain was beating the trees.
雨正敲打着树林。
- (惩罚性地)狠揍；鞭挞，抽打：
They beat him unconscious.
他们把他打昏了。
Some of the hoodlums beat their victims viciously before robbing them.
某些暴徒在抢劫他们的受害者之前先狠揍他们。
- 冲击，使撞击；拍打，拍击：
The waves were beating the shore.
波浪拍击着海岸。
- 振(翅)，扑打(翅膀)，拍打，拍扇，使拍动：
The sea gull was beating the air with its wings.
海鸥在扑翅搏击长空。
The bird beat its wings against the bars of its cage.
鸟用翅膀扑打着鸟笼的栏杆。
- 击鼓为号，击鼓发出(信号)，击鼓表示…意向，敲(鼓、锣等)，敲响：
Listen to him beat that drum.
听他敲那鼓。
The bagpipers began to beat their drums to start the parade.
奏风笛者开始击鼓表示开始游行。
to beat a tattoo
击鼓召唤归营
to beat a steady rhythm
敲打出一种有规律的节奏
- 【音乐】打(拍子)，击(拍)，敲奏出(节奏)：
Can you beat time to this music?
你能为这首乐曲打拍子吗?
- 打，搅拌(奶油、蛋等)使成糊状(或泡沫状)：
Beat the egg whites well.
把蛋白搅拌好。
He beat the egg whites until they are stiff.
他把蛋白打得黏稠。
- 把(金属)锤成某种形状，使成形，捶打，把…锤薄，把…锤平：
They beat their swords into plowshares.
他们化剑为犁。
to beat gold into leaves
把金子锤成叶片
- (通过反复严词告诫)灌输：通过反复的努力形成(某种态度、思想、习惯等)：
We'll beat some sense into her.
我们将不断教训她，使她多少明白些事理。
to beat facts into someone's head
把事实灌输到某人头脑中
- 踩出，踏成，踏出(道路、小径等)；辟出(路)；辗出(车辙等)；挤出：
The explorers beat a path through the thick undergrowth.
探险者们在密林里开辟出一条路来。
to beat a path through grass
在草地中踩出一条小路
to beat one's way through a crowd
挤过人群
- 【狩猎】在(森林、野草地或树丛中)搜寻猎物，(为惊起猎物而)拍打(树丛或野草地)：
The hunters beat the brush for game.
猎人拍打树丛以惊起猎物。
- 搜索，搜查：
The posse beat the countryside for the fugitive.
(美国)民防团在乡间搜捕逃犯。
- 战胜，打败(对手、敌手、敌人等)；克服：
Alexander the Great beat every opponent between Greece and India.
亚历山大大帝打败了希腊和印度之间的每个敌手。
He beat all competition in the elections.
他在一系列竞选活动中击败了所有竞争者。
- (在比赛、竞赛、赛跑中)击败，打败，压倒：
to beat the world record
打破世界记录
I beat him at the tennis.
我打网球赢了他。
I finally beat her in that match.
我在那场比赛中最后打败了她。
- 胜过，超过，超越，优越于：
Making reservations for a room at a hotel beats waiting in line.
预定旅馆房间比排队等候强。
Making reservations on the phone sure beats waiting in line.
打电话预先定座肯定胜似排队等候。
- [口语]使困惑，难住，难倒，使大惑不解；使无法解答；使费解，使摸不着头脑：
It beats me how she found her lost ring .
我难以理解她怎么能找到她那遗失的戒指。
It beats me how he got the job.
令我费解的是他怎么找到了工作。
- 打败或挫败(某人)(如作为一个要解决的问题)，令人莫名其妙，令人为难：
It beats me how to get him to understand.
令我为难的是如何使他明白。
It beats me that they turned down the invitation.
他们拒绝了邀请使我大吃一惊。
It beats me how she can have done it.
我感到莫名其妙，她怎么竟然做出这样的事。
- 减轻(或抵消)…的影响，免受…的影响：
They tried to beat the sudden decrease in land values.
他们设法避免地价突然下跌所带来的影响。
She tried to beat the system by helping people directly.
她企图通过直接帮助人们以抵消制度的影响。
We tried to beat the hot weather.
我们设法躲避炎热天气。
- [俚语]逃避(责任或惩罚、刑罚)，逃避(某种指控罪名)带来的惩罚，逃脱(刑事责任)：
to beat a charge of burglary
逃避盗窃罪的指控
The accused beat the rap by pleading temporary insanity.
被告以提出短暂的神智迷乱为借口逃避罪责。
- 掸拍(灰尘等)；拍掉(或拍落)…上的东西：
She beat the dust from the curtain.
她拍掉窗帘上的灰尘。
The teacher beat chalk dust from erasers.
老师掸掉黑板擦上的粉笔灰。
- 敲碎：
The pebbles were beaten to a fine dust.
卵石被敲成粉末。
- 不断地走，不停地行走于，徘徊：
He was beating the streets looking for a job.
他在街头徘徊寻找工作。
to beat the pavements
一直在人行道上往前走
- 使垂头丧气，使沮丧；使精疲力竭
- 赶在…前头行动(或报道、完成、到达等)，提前行动(或到达、完成)，抢在…之前，抢先一步，比(别人)先到；比其他报纸抢先发表某项新闻：
We beat the deadline.
我们赶在最后期限之前完成。
I beat him to the parking space.
我赶在他前头占了那停车位置。
I was hoping to get to the office first,but he beat me to it
。我本希望第一个到达办公室，但他抢在我前面先到了。
- 钻…空子以逃避；用迂回曲折的计谋胜过：
Some of them beat the economic policy.
他们有些人钻了经济政策的空子。
- 与…做斗争：
to beat terrorism
与恐怖主义做斗争
- [美国口语、俚语]欺骗，诈骗，哄骗(通常与 out 连用)：
They beat him out of hundreds of pounds on that deal.
他们在那笔生意中骗走了数百英镑。
- [美国俚语](尤指在非法交易中)盘剥，宰客，克扣…的分量：
I surely got beaten when I bought rice from a monger.
我从商贩子那里买的米，肯定被克扣了分量。
- [古语]砍(价)，杀(价)：
She beat a bargain with a dealer.
她与贩子讨价还价。
She wanted 15 for the dress,but I beat her down to $ 10.
这条连衣裙她要价 15 美元，但我要她减到 10 美元。