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
It's not just the job.
不只是那项工作而已。
If you buy that home,will you spend the rest of your life there?
如果你买那住宅,你将在这里过余下的日子吗?
A week later, the editor at last received a fax from the journalist.