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back to know your verbs in this episode
we're going to talk about the verb beat
let's get started
let's start with the basic definition
the basic definition of the verb beat is
to hit repeatedly to hit something
repeatedly examples he was beaten until
he was unconscious I have to beat the
dust out of this blanket let's talk
about the conjugations of this verb now
present beat beats past beat past
participle beaten progressive beating
let's talk about some additional
meanings for this verb the first
additional meaning is to defeat to
defeat some examples
I think spider-man could beat Batman in
a fight
our team has never been beaten so in
both of these examples sentences we see
beat meaning defeat in the first example
sentence I think spider-man could beat
Batman
it means spider-man could beat Batman in
a fight that's kind of the implied the
suggested meaning of this sentence
spider-man could beat Batman equals
spider-man could defeat Batman
spider-man would be better than Batman
spider-man would win in a fight against
Batman spider-man would beat Batman in
the second example sentence our team has
never been beaten it means our team has
never been defeated our team has never
lost our team has won every match every
game we have ever played our team has
never been beaten so no defeats pretty
great so this is one meaning to defeat
something okay let's go on to the second
additional meaning for this verb the
second additional meaning for this verb
is to act before something else happens
examples let's beat the crowds and get
tickets for the afternoon movie I left
the house early to beat rush-hour
traffic okay so both of these examples
show one action happening before some
other like negative thing we want to
avoid in the first example sentence it's
about avoiding like big crowds of people
at a movie theater so let's beat the
crowds is the expression that's used
there so beat the crowds doesn't mean
like hit the crowds of people it means
take action to do something before the
crowd of people arrives and that action
will be to see the afternoon movie so
let's beat the crowds means let's do
something before this crowd of people in
the second example sentence its I left
the house early to beat the rush hour
traffic we see rush hour traffic is the
thing to beat so again it doesn't mean
hitting rush hour traffic it means doing
something in this case leaving the house
early
to beat in order to avoid rush-hour
traffic
so we're doing something before this
other negative thing happens so in these
examples it's a large crowd of people
and rush-hour traffic so we do something
to avoid that thing to do something
before that thing happens okay let's go
on to the third meaning for this verb
the third meaning for this verb is to be
more enjoyable than something else to be
more enjoyable than something else
examples
enjoying some Sun on the beach sure
beats working in an office relaxing at
home beats spending the day shopping so
both of these example sentences present
two ideas one of which is better than
the other in the first example sentence
enjoying the Sun on the beach beats or
is better than is more enjoyable than
working in an office in the second
example sentence relaxing at home beats
or is more enjoyable than spending the
day shopping so we're comparing two
things and the thing that is better we
use beats just after that so when you
want to use this pattern you can just
say a beats B and where a is better than
B a is more enjoyable than me
the fourth meaning here is to have a
regular movement like to have a rhythmic
movement that is regular in some way
examples my heart was beating fast after
my run the birds wings beat the air in
the first example sentence my heart was
beating fast after my run it means the
rhythm of my heart the steady regular
rhythm of my heart was fast after my run
so the rhythm was constant but it was
quick so in the second example sentence
about the bird's wings it's this motion
the birds wings beat the air so there's
a rhythmic a steady motion happening the
birds wings beat the air meaning it's
always it's like going regularly here so
we can see this use of beat as well to
refer to a regular kind of rhythmic
motion
let's move on to some variations and how
we can use this then the first variation
is to beat someone to something to beat
someone to something means to do
something before someone else so it kind
of has that meaning of defeat that we
talked about before examples I was gonna
book tickets for the show but you beat
me to it all my coworkers beat me to the
office this morning
so in these expressions beat me to
something mean someone did something
before me in the first example sentence
I was gonna book tickets for the show we
see the past tense I was gonna I was
going to book tickets for the show but
you beat me to it
so this is quite common you beat me to
it means you did that thing I just
talked about before me so I plan to do
it but you did it before me you beat me
to it this is quite a common expression
to use in the second example sentence
all my co-workers beat me to the office
this morning it means all my co-workers
got to the office before me this morning
so when you want to talk about someone
doing something before you you can say
they beat me to the office keep in mind
though that this kind of has the nuance
a little bit of competition like there's
something that you want to do before
someone else like there's a little bit
of a competitive feel with this
expression okay
let's go on to the second variation here
the next variation is beat yourself up
to beat yourself up this means to be
very negative or critical about yourself
often for no reason or not for a big
reason example don't beat yourself up it
was just a small mistake I think he's
really beating himself up for declining
that job offer
okay in the first example sentence don't
beat yourself up this is a very common
expression it means don't be so negative
about yourself in this case we followed
this expression with it was just a small
mistake so in other words it's not a big
problem don't beat yourself up don't be
so negative to yourself for such a small
mistake in the second example sentence I
think he's really beating himself up for
dick
that job offer it means he's thinking
really really negatively about his
decision he's thinking about himself
critically like oh it wasn't a good idea
I shouldn't have done that he's really
down maybe disappointed in himself for
declining the job offer though maybe
it's not a big deal it's not an
important situation so he doesn't need
to beat himself up or he is beating
himself up about it in this case so he's
upset in other words but maybe he
doesn't need to be okay so those are a
few different ways that you can use the
verb beat I hope that you found
something new of course if you have any
questions comments or if you'd like to
try out a different way of using the
word beat please feel free to do so in
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我们将讨论动词节拍
让我们开始
吧 让我们开始吧 从基本定义开始
动词节拍的基本定义是
反复打击 反复打击某物
例子他被殴打直到
他失去知觉 我必须把
毯子上的灰尘打掉 我们来
谈谈这个动词的变位
过去节拍过去分词节拍渐进节拍
让我们谈谈
这个动词的一些附加含义第一个
附加含义是击败
击败一些例子
我认为蜘蛛侠可以在
一场战斗中击败蝙蝠侠
我们的团队从未被击败所以在
这两个例子中 我们
在第一个例句中看到 beat 的意思是失败的
句子 I think spider-man could beat
Batman
it mean spider-man could beat Batman in
a fight 这就是暗示
这句话的建议含义
蜘蛛侠可以击败蝙蝠侠 等于
蜘蛛侠可以击败蝙蝠侠
蜘蛛侠会比蝙蝠侠更好
蜘蛛侠会在与蝙蝠侠的战斗中获胜
蜘蛛侠会击败
蝙蝠侠 第二个例句 我们的球队
从未被击败 这意味着我们的球队
从未被击败 我们的球队从未
输过 我们的球队赢得了每一场
比赛 我们参加过的每一场比赛 我们的球队
从未被击败过 所以没有失败
非常棒 所以这是一个意思 打败
某事 好吧 让我们继续讨论
这个动词的
第二个附加含义 这个动词的第二个附加含义
是在其他事情发生之前采取行动
示例让我们击败人群并
获得下午电影的票 我
早早离开家来击败匆忙- 小时
交通还可以，所以这两个例子都
显示了一个动作发生在
我们想要避免的其他负面事情之前
在第一个例句中它是
关于避免像大
电影院里的人群，所以让我们打败
人群是那里使用的表达方式，
所以打败人群并不意味着
像撞到人群，它意味着
在人群到达之前采取行动做某事，
并且该行动
将是 看下午的电影 so
let's beat the crowds 意思是让我们
在这群人
之前做点什么 这并不意味着要
赶上高峰时段的交通，这意味着
在这种情况下要
提前离开家以避开高峰时段的
交通，
因此我们会在
其他负面事件发生之前做一些事情，因此在这些
示例中，这是一大群人
和高峰时间的交通，所以我们做一些事情
来避免那件事发生之前做一些
事情好吧让我们
继续这个动词
的第三个意思这个动词的第三个意思是
更多地享受 比其他事情
更有趣比其他事情更令人愉快的
例子
在海滩上享受一些阳光肯定比
在办公室工作在
家里放松胜过花一天时间购物，所以
这两个例句都提出了
两个想法，其中一个
比另一个更好 第一个例句
享受沙滩上的阳光
比
在办公室工作更有趣第二个
例句中的“在家
放松比在一天购物更愉快”
所以我们比较了两
件事和 更好的是，我们
在那之后使用节拍，所以当你
想使用这种模式时，你可以
说 a 节拍 B 并且 a 比
B 更好 a 比我更有趣
这里的第四个含义是有
规律的运动，比如 有一个
在某些方面有规律的有节奏的运动
示例
我跑步后
心跳很快 r my run 这意味着
我的心脏的节奏 跑步后我的心脏的稳定规律的
节奏很快，
所以节奏是恒定的，但它
很快，所以在第二个
关于鸟翅膀的例句中，就是这个
动作鸟翅膀拍打空气 所以有
一个有节奏的稳定运动发生
鸟的翅膀拍打空气 这意味着
它总是像有规律地在这里飞所以
我们可以看到这种使用节拍以及
指一种有规律的有节奏的
运动
让我们继续一些变化以及
我们如何 可以使用这个，那么第一个变体
是打败某人某事 打败
某人某事 意味着
在别人之前做某事，所以它有点
像我们
在示例之前谈到的失败的含义 我要
预订演出门票但你 beat
me to it all my coworkers beat me to the
office
so in these Expressions beat me to
something mean someone did something
before me in the first example sentence
I was going to book tickets f 或者我们
看到过去时态的节目 我本来
打算预订演出的门票，但
你打败了
我，所以这很常见
做
，但你比我先做，你比我
先做 这
是第二个例句中很常见的表达方式
all my co-workers beat me to the office
this morning 这意味着我所有的同事
都到了办公室 今天早上在我之前，
所以当你想谈论某人
在你之前做某事时，你可以说
他们打败了我到办公室，但请记住，
尽管这种有细微差别
，有点竞争，就像
你以前想做的事情一样
其他人喜欢
这个表达有一点竞争的感觉
好吧
让我们继续这里的第二个变体
下一个变体是打败自己
来打败自己这意味着经常无缘无故地
对自己非常消极或批评
为一个 大
原因示例 不要自责，这
只是一个小错误 我认为
他真的因为拒绝了
那份工作
而
自责
在这种情况下对自己如此消极，我们遵循
这个表达，这只是一个小
错误，所以换句话说，这不是一个大
问题，不要打败自己，不要因为
第二个小错误而对自己如此消极 例句我
认为他真的在为 dick
那份工作机会而自责，这意味着他
对自己的决定非常消极地
思考他在
批判性地思考自己就像哦这不是一个好主意
我不应该这样做他真的很
沮丧也许很失望 因为他
拒绝了工作机会，尽管这可能
没什么大不了的，这不是一个
重要的情况，所以他
不需要自责，或者
在这种情况下他正在自责，所以他很
沮丧 换句话说，但也许他
不需要没事，所以这些
是你可以使用动词节拍的几种不同方式
我希望你能找到
新的东西当然如果你有任何
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