【beat音标】 英[bi:t] 美[bi:t]
【单词释义】 beat是什么意思：
vi.（心脏等）跳动；搜索；（风、雨等）吹打；（鼓）咚咚地响
vt.& vi.接连地击打
vt.打败；敲打；控制；避免
n.节拍；（鼓的）一击；管区
adj.[美国口语]大吃一惊的；[常作 B-]“反传统一代”成员的；摇滚音乐的；[口语]（体力或情绪上）疲劳不堪的
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] beats
[单词现在分词] beating
[单词过去式] beat
[单词过去分词] beaten
【beat形近词/近似词】
heat n.[U]热 v.加热；使热；使温暖
meat n.[U,C]肉
neat adj.整洁的
feat n.功绩，伟业；壮举；技艺；武艺 adj.合适的；灵巧的
seat n.席位，座位 v.使就座；使就职
【常用短语】
beat down 打倒；杀价；大雨倾盆而下；暴晒
beat up adj. 年久失修的；残破的 , v. 暴打，痛打
【单词例句】
◇ and she dared not go home, for she had sold no matches, and could not take home even a penny of money. Her father would certainly beat her;
她也不敢回家，因为她还没有卖掉一根火柴，没有挣到一个铜板，她的父亲一定会因此而打她；
◇ With the expectation of distinguishing their own importance, some people leave the beaten track and file strange products with us now and then, for example, lantern that can be attached on your forehead, cubic walnuts, refrigerator made of straw and glue, perfume that nobody can bear to smell, and so on.
为了显示与众不同，时不时就有人违反常规，向我们提交一些奇怪的产品申请，例如固定在前额的信号灯、立方体的胡桃、用稻草和胶水制作的冰箱、没人能受得了的香水等。
---- Strange Patent Applications
◇ "Provided the music has a calm, regular beat, it can actually help us to stay calm, reducing our stress, slowing our heart rate, and moderating our pulse," says Dr. Spelman. "This makes it easier for us to focus on the task at hand rather than entering into 'flight or fight' mode, in which it can be very difficult to think clearly because of our elevated levels of adrenaline and cortisol."
斯佩尔曼博士表示：“如果背景音乐的节拍比较平静、有规律，它实际上可以帮助我们保持平静，减轻我们的压力，减缓我们的心跳，调节我们的脉搏。这使我们更容易专注于手头的任务，而不是进入‘逃跑或战斗’模式，在这种模式下，由于肾上腺素和皮质醇水平升高，我们会很难清晰地思考问题。”
---- Listening to classical music at work boosts productivity
◇ As for how much exercise, Dr Claire Knight, senior health information manager at Cancer Research UK, recommended 150 minutes of exercise a week, but said: “You don’t need to run a marathon or join a gym – anything that gets you warmer, slightly out of breath, and your heart beating faster counts.
那么需要多大的运动量才能有效果？英国癌症研究院的高级健康信息主管克莱尔·奈特博士建议每周锻炼150分钟，但是他指出：“你不需要跑马拉松或去健身馆，只要能让你热起来、稍微有点气喘、心脏加速的活动都可以。”
---- Fitness earlier in life reduces cancer risk when older
◇ It was terrible! But it was still more terrible to see how one beat and pushed the other, and bit and hacked, and tugged and mauled him. Those at the top were being pulled down, and those at the bottom were struggling upwards.
多么可怕啊！不过更可怕的是看到这个人怎样打着和推着那个人，他们互相咬着，掐着，拉着和捶着。在下面的要爬上来，在上面的被拉到下面去。
---- The Drop of Water