beating
n
1 hitting repeatedly with a stick, etc, usu as punishment (用棍棒等)接连打(通常作为惩罚)
givesb/get a good beating 给某人[挨了]一顿痛打.
2 (infml 口) defeat 失败: Our team got a sound beating. 我们队遭到惨败.
3 (idm 习语) take a lot of/some `beating be difficult to surpass 难以超越
She will take some beating, ie It will be difficult to do better than her. 超越她是不易的(要做得比她好绝非易事).
His record will take a lot of beating. 他创的纪录很难打破.
🗣️ 情景例句
Sure.
不用谢。
All roads lead to Rome.
条条道路通罗马。
Why does the idea of progress loom so large in the modern world? Surely progress of a particular kind is actually taking place around us and is becoming more and more manifest.