beat vt. 打败 vi. 心跳
[用法] 表示打败某人,或连续不断地击打某物。
[注意] heart beat表示心跳。
●辨析beat和win的区别
beat表在比赛和战斗中打败对手,后接对手作宾语。
win作及物动词时,其宾语为游戏、比赛、战斗、奖金等名词。
如:He has won the race. 他赢得了赛跑的胜利。
[例题] When the Greeks had _____ the Persians, a soldier ran from Marathon to Athens.
A. won
B. bitten
C. beaten
D. hit
[解答] C。句意:希腊人打败波斯人后,一位士兵从马拉松跑回雅典去报信。hit击,击中:hit a man on the head(打在人的头上)。strike(=hit ,give a blow at blows to)打,击。strike a man on the chin(打在某人的下巴上)。win赢得,用作此义时,后不能接某人,可以说win a match, a victory, the first prize等。
[例题] The room was so quiet that she could hear the _____ of her heart.
A. hitting
B. beating
C. tapping
D. knocking
[解答] B。句意:房间里如此安静,以至于可以听到她的心跳声。beating 此处是动名词,指“(心)跳”。