1. 击败：例如,对于亨克而言,Beat自然是垮掉,是失意,是困顿,是被击败(beat down). 亨克何许人?他全名叫赫伯特亨克. 他原来是威廉巴勒斯的朋友,一个纽约时代广场上的扒手和吸毒者. 金斯堡、凯鲁亚克和巴勒斯通过亨克认识了一批小偷和歹徒,
2. 打倒,推翻;杀(价)：bear with 宽容;耐心等待 | beat down 打倒,推翻;杀(价) | beat off 击退,打退(进攻)
3. 杀价：beat back 击退 | beat down 杀价 | beat for 搜索
4. 击败, 压倒; 镇压; 摧毁; 杀价, 使卖方降低价格; (烈日)照射：22.beat back 打退, 使后退 | 23.beat down 击败, 压倒; 镇压; 摧毁; 杀价, 使卖方降低价格; (烈日)照射 | 24.beat into 反复教诲; 灌输
1. （烈日）暴晒，强烈地照射
When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
2. （雨）滂沱而下，倾盆而下
When the rain beats down, it rains very hard.
e.g. Even in the winter with the rain beating down, it''s nice and cosy in there.
即使在大雨倾盆的冬天，那里也非常舒适。
3. 压价；砍价；杀价
If you beat down a person who is selling you something, you force them to accept a lower price for it than they wanted to get.
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e.g. A fair employer, when arranging for the pay of a carpenter, does not try to beat him down...
一个公道的雇主在商定木匠的工钱时不会使劲压价。
e.g. Beat down the seller to the price that suits you.
把卖家的要价砍到你能接受的价格。
verb
1. dislodge from a position
e.g. She beat the dealer down to a much better price
2. shine hard
e.g. The sun beat down on the hikers
3. persuade the seller to accept a lower price
e.g. She beat the merchant down $100
Synonym: bargain down