plural beatings
plural beatings
Learner's definition of BEATING
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: the act of repeatedly hitting someone to cause pain or injury : the act of beating someone打;痛打;狠揍 —
often used figuratively常用作比喻 -
Our plans took a real beating from the review committee. [=the review committee strongly criticized our plans]我们的计划被审核委员会痛批了一顿。
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The reporters gave the politician quite a beating with all their hostile questions.记者们提出的那些尖锐问题是对那位政治人物的沉重打击。
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Many investors took quite a (bad) beating [=lost a lot of money] when the stock market crashed.股市崩盘,许多投资者损失惨重。