give sb a beating
表示“痛打某人一顿”，宾语放在 give 后面，a beating 作宾语补足语。
The gang gave him a severe beating.
那伙人狠狠地打了他一顿。
殴打；击打
beatings — plural of beating
惨败；挫败；心跳；搏动；打击；击打；殴打的行为；惨败；严重挫折；心脏的搏动；心跳
打击；击打；殴打的行为
The action by which someone or something is beaten.
惨败；严重挫折
A heavy defeat or setback.
心脏的搏动；心跳
The pulsation of the heart.
The child received a severe beating for misbehaving.
这个孩子因为行为不端而遭到一顿毒打。
用法提示：beating作名词，表示'毒打'，指体罚。
Our team took a beating in the championship game.
我们队在冠军赛中惨遭挫败。
用法提示：beating作名词，表示'挫败'，指失败。
I could feel the beating of my heart as I waited.
等待时我能感觉到自己心脏的搏动。
用法提示：beating作名词，表示'搏动'，指心跳。
表示“痛打某人一顿”，宾语放在 give 后面，a beating 作宾语补足语。
The gang gave him a severe beating.
那伙人狠狠地打了他一顿。
表示“遭受重创、惨败”，常用于商业、体育等语境。
The company's shares took a beating after the announcement.
公告发布后，公司股价遭受重创。
用 with 引出打人的工具或手段。
The prisoner received a beating with a rubber hose.
囚犯遭到橡胶管的抽打。
常用于心脏、鼓等有节奏的搏动。
He could hear the beating of his own heart.
他能听到自己心脏的跳动。
grammar · medium
易错句子The older boys gave him beating behind the school.
正确表达The older boys gave him a beating behind the school.
beating 是可数名词，单数形式前必须有冠词、限定词等限定成分。汉语名词没有冠词，学习者常遗漏；这里表示“一次殴打”，应加不定冠词 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子The prisoner said he had suffered many beating.
正确表达The prisoner said he had suffered many beatings.
many 修饰可数名词复数，beating 的复数形式是 beatings。汉语名词不随数量变化，易漏加 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子The scandal gave the company a seriously beating.
正确表达The scandal gave the company a serious beating.
修饰名词 beating 要用形容词 serious，不能用副词 seriously；汉语“严重地打击”中的“地”容易让学习者保留副词形式，但英语名词前需用形容词。
与“挫败”义相对
battery 是法律术语，指非法的人身侵犯或殴打，常与 assault 连用；beating 是日常用语，强调反复击打或殴打的行为，也可指惨败和心跳。
pounding 强调连续沉重敲击的声音或感觉，常形容心跳或头痛；beating 更中性，可指一次或反复的击打，也用于比赛惨败。
thrashing 兼指“痛打”和比赛中的“惨败”，语气比 beating 更重、更口语；beating 更通用，可用于殴打、挫败和心跳。
遭受打击；挨打
The stock market took a severe beating yesterday.
股市昨天遭受了严重打击。
打某人一顿
The bully threatened to give the boy a beating.
那个恶霸威胁要打那男孩一顿。
挨打
He got a beating from his father for lying.
他因撒谎挨了父亲一顿打。
遭受打击
The team suffered a heavy beating in the final.
这支队伍在决赛中遭受了沉重打击。
挨打
The prisoner received a brutal beating.
囚犯遭到了一顿毒打。
与 beating 常出现在暴力或冲突场景中。
beating 可指在竞争中遭受挫败。
beating 也指心脏的搏动。
与 corporal punishment（体罚）中的 beating 相关。
beating 作为惩罚手段的概念关联。
遭受打击；失败
The stock market took a beating yesterday.
股市昨天遭受了打击。
痛打某人
The older brother gave the bully a beating.
哥哥把那个恶霸揍了一顿。
挨打；遭受惨败
If you break the rules, you'll get a beating.
如果你违反规则，就会挨打。
在士气改善之前，鞭打将继续！
This line is from the TV show The Simpsons, said by Superintendent Chalmers.
这句话出自电视剧《辛普森一家》，由督学查尔默斯说出。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.