beating
n
1 hitting repeatedly with a stick, etc, usu as punishment (用棍棒等)接连打(通常作为惩罚)
givesb/get a good beating 给某人[挨了]一顿痛打.
2 (infml 口) defeat 失败: Our team got a sound beating. 我们队遭到惨败.
3 (idm 习语) take a lot of/some `beating be difficult to surpass 难以超越
She will take some beating, ie It will be difficult to do better than her. 超越她是不易的(要做得比她好绝非易事).
His record will take a lot of beating. 他创的纪录很难打破.
🗣️ 情景例句
Just three days.
只要三天。
It was not until the accident happened that I became aware of my own foolishness.
直到事故发生我才意识到我自己的愚蠢。
Only the Earth provides ideal conditions, and even here it has taken more than four billion years for plant and animal life to evolve.