1、expect
预期;预料;期待
a council workman who expects to lose his job in the next few weeks.
预计自己在接下来的几周里会丢掉工作的市政工人
They no longer expect corporate profits to improve.
他们不再期待公司利润会增长。
盼望;期待;等待
I am expecting several important letters but nothing has arrived.
我正在等几封重要的信件,可是一封都没到。
I wasn't expecting a visitor.
我没想到会有人来访。
要求;认为应当得到;指望
He wasn't expecting our hospitality.
他没有指望我们会盛情款待。
I do expect to have some time to myself in the evenings.
我确实希望晚上能有些属于自己的时间。
2、beat
打;猛击
My wife tried to stop them and they beat her.
我妻子想阻止他们,他们就打了她。
They were beaten to death with baseball bats.
他们被人用棒球棒打死了。
(通常指多次或连续地)撞击,猛撞,拍打
There was dead silence but for a fly beating against the glass.
当时一片寂静,只听见一只苍蝇不停地撞击着玻璃。
Nina managed to free herself and began beating at the flames with a pillow.
尼娜好不容易挣脱出来,拿起枕头用力扑打火焰。
敲,打,击(鼓等);(鼓等)敲响
When you beat the drum, you feel good.
敲鼓的时候感觉很好。
drums beating and pipes playing.
敲鼓和吹风笛