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N-COUNT
（尤指用棍子等進行的）毆打，痛打
If someone is given a beating, they are hit hard many times, especially with something such as a stick.
例句
...the savage beating of a black motorist by white police officers...
白人警察對一名黑人駕車者的野蠻毆打。
The team secured pictures of prisoners showing signs of severe beatings.
這個小組搞到了一些顯示囚犯有被毒打痕跡的照片。
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N-SING
（競爭或選舉中的）大敗，慘敗
If something such as a business, a political party, or a team takes a beating, it is defeated by a large amount in a competition or election.
例句
Our firm has taken a terrible beating in recent years.
我們公司近幾年敗得一塌糊涂。
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PHRASE
難以被超越
If you say that something will take some beating, you mean that it is very good and it is unlikely that anything better will be done or made.
例句
For sheer scale and grandeur, Leeds Castle in Kent takes some beating.
單從規模和氣勢來說，肯特的利茲城堡獨領風騷。