battering

noun

1. 殴打；猛击
   a violent attack that injures or damages sb/sth
   1. wife battering
      对妻子的暴力行为
   2. The film took a battering from critics in the US.
      该影片在美国遭遇到批评家的猛烈抨击。

1. N-COUNT 沉重打击；重创；强烈冲击
   If something takes a battering, it suffers very badly as a result of a particular event or action.
   1. Sterling took a battering yesterday as worries grew about the state of Britain's economy.
      由于人们对英国经济状况的担心与日俱增，英镑昨天受到重挫。

1. They were battering the door, they were breaking in
   他们正在使劲捶门，就要闯进来了。
2. Sterling took a battering yesterday as worries grew about the state of Britain's economy.
   由于人们对英国经济状况的担心与日俱增，英镑昨天受到重挫。
3. They got a battering ram to smash down the door.
   他们用一个大木槌把门撞破了。
4. The man was put in prison for battering his wife about.
   那人因毒打妻子而被投入监狱。
5. They were the reports of the cannon battering the barricade.
   事实上那是攻打街垒的炮声。
6. Debris had broken windows, so every once in a while some floating battering ram a log or perhaps a table would bang into the walls and make a sound like a distant drum.
   随水冲进来的碎石片击碎了窗户玻璃，偶尔，飘浮在水上的撞击物一根圆木，也有可能是一张桌子会猛烈地撞到墙上，发出的声音像是远方传来的鼓声。
7. This may lead to baby battering.
   这可能会导致殴打幼儿的行为。
8. We just have a way of battering this planet even as we feel we need to live more comfortably.
   恰恰在我们觉得有必要生活得更舒适的时候，我们就会用某种方式破坏地球。
9. The battering ram is a weapon used in ancient times for breaking down walls and gates in war.
   破城槌是古时在战争中用来击破城墙和城门的武器。
10. Earl weakened significantly over the course of36 hours beginning Thursday night after battering the Caribbean this week.
    厄尔在这星期横扫加勒比海之后，自星期四晚上开始，于36小时之内显著削弱。
11. Meanwhile, stock markets have taken a battering.
    同时，股市遭受重创。
12. Mudslides, floods and power outages, all from the latest storm battering the Northwest.
    最由于最近的暴风雨的影响，美国西北部泥石流，洪水，停电肆虐。
13. The battering suffered by Greece and Ireland has shown the painful consequences if bond markets lose confidence.
    若债券市场失去信心，经济受到重创的希腊和爱尔兰将出现恶劣的后果。
14. Baby battering is the most extreme example of such behaviour.
    殴打幼儿是这类行为中最极端的例子。
15. Police are battering on the door of the flat.
    警察猛敲单元房的门。
16. His romance and adventure were battering at the conventions.
    他浪漫的冒险生涯冲击着传统的习俗。
17. Government troops were taking a battering in the north of the country.
    政府军在该国北部遭受重创。
18. The country has taken a savage battering and the pain appears to be far from over.
    该国遭受重创，痛苦似乎远未消退。
19. He is battering the boy about.
    他在痛打那个男孩。
20. She was never physically hurt, but her confidence has taken a terrible battering.
    她从未受过肉体上的伤害。然而她的信心已受到了重创。
21. There's someone battering at the door. You'd better let him in.
    有人在用力敲门，你最好让他进来。
22. European stocks have taken a battering in recent months.
    近几个月来欧洲股票遭受重创。
23. AMA says the main things that have taken a battering in recent years are big-ticket items such as kitchens and bathrooms, mainly because of falling house prices, low consumer confidence and a low level of house moves.
    ama公司称，对近年市场造成主要打击的是大宗项目，如厨房和浴室，这主要是由于房价的下跌，消费者信心降低和房屋搬迁水平低落。
24. The old town took a real battering in the war.
    这座旧城在战争中确实受到重创。
25. Folks sweating out the heat wave battering parts of the country may just have to get used to it.
    那些在肆虐美国部分地区的热浪中汗流浃背的人们也许只好逐渐适应这种天气了。
26. The Eighth Army had taken the worst battering.
    第八军曾遭到最严重的打击。
27. Earl could bring battering waves and a storm surge of up to three feet ( one meter) above normal tide levels in some areas, according to forecasters.
    厄尔可能在一些地区带来冲击巨浪和高达三英尺（一米）超出正常潮汐水位的风暴潮，根据预报员称。
28. Bolton Wanderers battering ram Kevin Davies is worried he is losing his hard-man image.
    博尔顿的攻城铁锤代为斯在忧虑他正在丢失他的硬汉形象。
29. For investors this sudden monetary battering was great news, helping to drive up shares and other risky assets.
    对于投资者而言，这种突如其来的印钞政策是一个重大利好消息，有助于推升股票和其他风险资产的价格。

noun

1. the act of subjecting to strong attack

   Synonym:    banging