beat
单词辨析：
尤指心脏有规律地跳动，或指鸟类有节奏地拍打翅膀。
Her heart is beating fast.
她的心跳得很快。
The birds are beating their wings.
鸟儿扑扇着翅膀。
特指鸟儿或有翅膀的昆虫快速而轻轻地振动翅膀。
The young bird fluttered her wings up and down, hoping to fly.
小鸟上下拍动着翅膀，想要飞起来。
The bees are fluttering among the flowers.
蜜蜂在花丛中飞舞。
指激动、生气、愤怒等时心脏剧烈地跳动；也指使劲地连续击打。
His heart pounded with anger.
他气得心脏怦怦直跳。
He pounded the table angrily.
他气得猛拍桌子。
He was pounding on the door.
他在砰砰地敲门。
指心脏、动脉等有规律地振动或有节奏地舒张和收缩。
His heart pulsated with excitement.
他激动得心脏怦怦直跳。
She felt her heart pulsate with the aftershock.
她感觉自己的心在随着余震一起跳动。
We could see the veins in her neck pulsating.
我们看到她脖子上的血管在跳动。
指因恐惧或激动而心脏怦怦直跳。
His heart thumped with fear.
他吓得心怦怦直跳。
My heart began to thump wildly.
我的心开始狂跳起来。
常指在战争、比赛、竞争等中战胜对手。
Our army defeated the enemy in that decisive battle.
在那场决定性战役中，我军击败了敌军。
The team defeated their opponents.
这个球队将对手一一击败。
作此义解时，常可与 defeat 换用。
The Arsenal were beaten/defeated, 3 - 1.
阿森纳队以1比3告负。
The Conservatives beat/defeated their opponents in the election.
保守党在选举中击败对手。
指彻底战败对手等；在国际象棋中也指把国王将死。
She hoped that she could checkmate her opponents.
她希望能彻底战胜对手。
The king was checkmated and so the player lost the game.
王被将死，棋手输了这盘棋。
较正式用词，指迅速或突然地用力一击或敲击，可以是有意的，也可以是无意的。
Who struck the first blow?
谁先动手的?
He struck the boy with his stick.
他用手杖打了那个男孩。
The hammers strike the piano strings and make them vibrate.
音锤敲击钢琴琴弦并使之震动。
The huge clock at the Customs House strikes the hours.
海关大钟报时。
普通用词，指用手或器械连续击打，也指在游戏、竞赛或战争中战胜对手。
The poor child was beaten black and blue.
那可怜的孩子被打得青一块紫一块的。
They were frequently cursed and beaten by the employer.
他们常被雇主打骂。
Jack beat Jobe to win the game.
杰克在游戏中战胜了乔布。
The home team beat the visiting team by a large score.
主队以大比分打败了客队。
普通用词，指有目标地猛击，强调用力击中；引申指在精神、经济等方面予以打击。
The missile hit the carrier.
导弹击中了航空母舰。
The brick hit him in the head.
砖块击中了他的头部。
The economic recession hit the family hard.
经济衰退使这家人遭到重创。
指用拳头或器械猛敲、猛打，强调非常用力。
The attacker knocked her to the ground and kicked her hard.
袭击者把她打倒在地并狠狠地踢她。
Somebody is knocking on the door.
有人在敲门。
I wish you wouldn't knock at the table again.
我希望你不要再敲桌子了。
相关例句：
'Are you jealous?' — 'Only when I'm not in control,' he says, not missing a beat.
“你眼红吗？”——“除非我把持不住自己，”他毫不犹豫地说道。
You can't beat soap and water for cleansing.
做清洁没有比用肥皂和水更好的了。
Being boss of a software firm beats selling insurance
当软件公司的老板比卖保险强多了。
They recognise that tough action offers the only hope of beating inflation
他们认识到这一严厉举措是战胜通货膨胀的唯一希望。
Beating their wings they flew off
它们拍打着翅膀飞走了。
Skye has scarcely missed a beat as one of the Gold Coast's spectacular models since her marriage.
丝凯作为黄金海岸大红大紫的模特儿，自结婚以后从来就没有错失过任何机会。