1. The team has taken a few beatings this season. 本赛季该队已经几次严重受挫。
2. By this time she was so cowed by the beatings that she meekly obeyed. 到了这时候她被这些殴打吓得不行,以至温顺地服从。
3. Accounts suggest that he was subjected to cruel beatings and emotional torture, and that he was humiliated constantly by his father. 有报道称,他曾遭受过毒打和精神折磨,还经常受到父亲的羞辱。