那位游泳者在水中四處拍水,以免沉沒。 beat about
After being in the water for six hours, the ship beat about and sailed for home.

出航六小時后,那船掉轉船頭,開始返航。 beat about for sb/sth
They were beating about for him.

他們正在多方尋找他。
The prisoner beat about for a way of escape.

那囚犯焦急地尋找一條逃跑之路。
They found the book at last, but not before they beat about for nearly a day.

他們到處找了將近一天,最后才把這本書找到。
We beat about for a solution to the problem.

我們多方尋找解決這個問題的辦法。

風雨拍打在我們的身上。
The rain was beating against the windows.

雨點正敲打著窗戶。
The ship beats against the wind.

這船逆風前進。 beat sth against sth
My grandmother used to clean her mats by beating them against the wall of the house.

以前我祖母清理席墊的辦法是將它們在屋壁上甩打。

來客使勁敲門,直到他應了才停止。 beat sb at sth
The other village always beats our team at cricket.

另一個村的板球隊在比賽中總是擊敗我們隊。 beat sb at sth
By winning a prize for writing,Tom beat his teacher at his won game.

湯姆獲得一項寫作獎,比他的老師還強。

他們擊退了敵人的進攻。
The soldiers beat back all the attacks of the enemy.

士兵們擊退了敵人的一切進攻。
They were beaten back.

他們被打敗了。

太陽整天照射。
The sun beat down mercilessly on the dry earth.

陽光無情地照射在干旱的大地上。 beat sb/sth ? down
The heavy rain beat all the crops down.

大雨毀壞了所有的農作物。
He was beaten down by his opponent.

他被他的對手擊敗了。
The crops were beaten down by heavy rain.

莊稼被暴雨沖倒了。
The wheat had been beaten down by the rain.

麥子被雨打倒了。
All their defenses were beaten down by the tanks.

他們的所有防御工事都被坦克給毀壞了。 beat sb/sth ? down
Can we beat down the price?

我們能把價壓下來嗎?
Competition should beat the price down.

競爭會壓低價格。
He wanted fifteen cents but I beat down the price to ten.

他要價一角五,我還價還到一角。
The man was asking ￡5 for the dress, but I beat him down to ￡4.50.

那人要五鎊賣那件衣服,我殺價后以四鎊五十便士成交。
He wanted ￡800 for the car but I beat him down to ￡600.

那部車他索價800鎊,但我把他的價錢殺到600鎊。 beat sb/sth ? down
They beat down every attempt to liberalize the press.

他們壓制了一切新聞報道自由化的意圖。 beat sb/sth ? down
Until his friend's arrival,Tom was thoroughly beaten down and wretched.

湯姆在他的朋友來到之前,感到極度的沮喪和失望。

市民們擊退了第一次進攻,但后來還是被打敗了。
We had to beat off two nasty little dogs before we could get to the door.

我們要趕走兩條小惡狗才能到門口。
The old man tried to beat the mosquitoes off.

老人想把蚊子驅趕走。
We beat our enemies' heads off in the fight.

在戰斗中我們大獲全勝。
The enemy's attack was beaten off.

敵人的攻勢被擊退了。

當地人踩出了一條穿過森林的小道。
The dish was made of silver, beaten out by hand.

這盤子是銀制的,是手工打造的。 beat out sth on sth
He beat out a tune on a tin can.

他在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
Beat out that tune on a drum.

用鼓敲出那調子。
The natives send news over long distances by beating out a message on a hollow log.

土著人用敲擊空心木桿的辦法向遠方傳送消息。 beat sb/sth ? out
All the people from the village gathered branches and beat the fire out.

全村人都斂集樹枝,把火撲滅了。 beat sb ? out
She was thoroughly beaten out by the work.

工作使她筋疲力盡。

風一順,我們就能揚帆行駛。 beat sth ? up
Beat up the eggs before you add the flour.

把雞蛋攪勻后再加面粉。
She beat the eggs up.

她把雞蛋打好了。 beat sb/sth ? up
They charged in and started beating us up.

他們沖了進來對我們大打出手。
Order was received, that we should make a night march and beat up the enemy's quarters.

已經接到命令,要我們夜行軍奇襲敵人營地。
Be careful not to be beaten up by the enemy.

當心別遭敵人暗算。