His tragically cowed and battered wife. 他那位极度受惊并遭毒打的妻子。
The beggar's bedraggled clothes; scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts. He wanted to buy a& 300 fur coat for his wife, but he was in such a bedraggled condition that an assistant refused to serve him. 乞丐那浑身泥污的衣服;带着破帽子或者穿着脏透了的裙子的稻草人。要为妻子买一专人价值300英镑的手表,但店员见他浑身泥水的样子,竟不肯接待他。
The court heard that he had battered his wife to death. 法庭审理了他将妻子毒打至死的案件。