| 释义 |
beat something down1Quell defence or resistance: the senator had beaten down my last defence...- Above all, realize that if you really care about literature, if you really love literature, then you might help it more by encouraging it than by beating it down.
- While other people might be beaten down, he seems to rise to the occasion.
- Once the enemy artillery had been beaten down, artillery could then be used to support the final stages of the infantry attack.
1.1Fight to suppress a feeling or emotion: she beat down a gush of self-pity...- He fought with an emotion inside himself until it had been beaten down, then he smiled slightly.
- If one has pride, Franklin advises him to ‘disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it.’
- A feeling of guilt washed over her, but she beat it down and refused to accept it.
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