[] (beat, beaten/ˈbiːtn/) to defeat sb/sth赢，打败（某人或某事）◆The way to beat the big companies is to specialize.打败大公司的方式就是要专业化经营。◆a strategy to beat the competition击败竞争者的策略to do or be better than sth比…更好；胜过◆Nobody beats our prices!在价格上谁也比不了我们！◆Last year's sales beat the previous record achieved in 2002.去年的销售量打破了 2002 年所取得的纪录。●beat sb at their own ˈgameto do better than sb in an activity in which they think they are strong赢某人的看家本领；打败某人的强项◆They're trying to beat the low-cost airlines at their own game.他们正试图击败廉价航空公司的强项。●beat a path to sb's ˈdoorif a lot of people beat a path to sb's door, they are all interested in sth that person has to sell or to offer争先恐后地购买；使门庭若市●if you can't beat them, ˈjoin themif you cannot defeat sb or be as successful as they are, then it is more sensible to join them in what they are doing and perhaps get some advantage for yourself by doing so打不赢，就投靠；敌不过，当求和●ˌbeat sb/sth ˈdown (to sth)to persuade sb to reduce the price at which they are selling sth劝说某人降价；杀价◆I beat down the price to $6 000.我将价格压到 6 000 元。●ˌbeat ˈoff sb/sthto force sb/sth away击退，战胜（某人或某事）◆They have managed to beat off competition from two large energy groups.他们成功地击退了两大能源集团的竞争。HELP A noun goes after off, but a pronoun comes between the verb and off.off 后用名词，但代词放在动词和 off 之间。