v.  击败，打败，战胜 ≈ defeat

v. 〔多次〕击打

v. 〔多次或连续〕撞击，拍打

v.  打破〔记录〕；突破

v. 〔心脏〕跳（动）

n. 〔连续有节奏的〕跳动，敲击

n.  节拍，拍子

a.  累坏的 ≈ tired

• beat sb black and blue 

  把某人打得青一块紫一块

• They can maintain their heart beat at the normal rate. 保持心跳

• Dance, like the rhythm of a beating heart, is life. 跳动的心脏

• So what they believe is that their children must excel and beat their white peers in academic settings so they have the same chances to excel later. 战胜同龄人

• Brazil were beaten 2–1. 巴西队以1比2告负。

• The woman had been beaten to death by her husband. 那女子已被丈夫殴打致死。

• Waves beat against the cliffs.

  海浪拍打着悬崖。

• The company’s profits are unlikely to beat last year’s £10 million.

  公司不太可能突破去年的一千万英镑利润。

• Come and sit down – you must be dead beat. 过来坐下吧，你肯定累坏了。