hit,beat,struck三者意思上都有“打”,区别在于使用的语境和场合不同。
一,hit,/hɪt/,分为以下几层意思:
1.v.打,击;撞击,碰撞;击中,命中;
例句:
The ship hit an uncharted rock.
船撞在海图上未标示的岩石上。
I was hit by a falling stone.
我被一块坠落的石头击中。
2. 击(球);产生不良影响,危害;例句:
Dave goes up to pinch-hit.
戴维上场代打。
3. 攻击,袭击;例句:
I hit him once more for luck.
我无故又打了他一下。
Her new series is a smash hit.
她的新系列节目极为成功,引起轰动。
4. 达到(一个特定的水平,阶段,数字);
碰到,遇到(困难、问题等);使(某人)突然意识到;例句:
It hit me that this foreigner was the one I saw in the supermarket!
我突然想到这个外国人就是我在超市看到的那个人!
It hit me that I had a choice.
我突然意识到我可以有所选择。
5. n.打击;命中,击中;很受欢迎的人(或事物),成功;例句:
Her new series is a smash hit.
她的新系列节目极为成功,引起轰动。
二,beat,/biːt/,分为以下几层意思:
1. v.(反复地)敲,击,打;
The rain beat against the windows.
雨点击打着窗户。
2. 狠打,猛抽;搅拌,混合;
Then they actually beat her up as well.
然后他们事实上也毒打了她一顿。
3. 拍动,扇动(翅膀);
He beat the rugs and polished the silver.
他拍打了地毯,擦亮了银器。
4.(心脏)跳动,搏动;
Her heart beat faster.
她的心跳加快。
My heart started to beat more quickly.
我的心跳开始加快。
5. 击败,战胜;抢……之先,赶在……之前;
She beat the other runners by a margin of ten seconds.
她以领先十秒的优势战胜了其他赛跑者。
He beat me at chess.
他下棋赢了我。
She beat me to the top of the hill.
她比我先到达山顶。
6. n.敲,击;(音乐或诗歌的)强音拍
He could hear the beat of his heart.
他能听到自己的心跳。
三,struck,strike的过去式。strike,/straɪk/,分为以下几层意思:
1. v.打,撞;(用手或武器等)打;(使)碰撞;罢工;
The stone struck her on the forehead.
石头击中她的额头。
2. 突然想到,突然意识到;突然袭击;
An wonderful thought has just struck me.
刚才我脑子里突然闪过一个美好的念头。
3. (疾病、灾难等)侵袭;(闪电)击中;引起(强烈感情);
The lion crouched ready to strike.
狮子蹲身准备袭击。
4. (时钟)敲响;达成(协议,妥协),达到(平衡);
The clock struck the hour.
钟敲过整点了。
The clock struck six just as I arrived.
我到达时,时钟正敲六点。
5. 踢球,击球;攻球得分;使处于特定状态;
The third baseman struck out four times.
三垒手三击不中出局了4次。
His reaction struck me as odd.
他的反应令我诧异。
6. 让(某人)觉得;摆出(姿态);照在……上;把……迷住;
We were all struck dumb for a minute.
我们一时个个都哑口无言。
I was struck by her youth and enthusiasm.
她年轻热情,把我迷住了。
7. 弹奏,奏出;划(火柴), 击出(火星)
The band struck up a waltz.
乐队奏起一支华尔兹舞曲。
Two days later tragedy struck.
两天后悲剧发生了。
The tree was struck by lightning.
树遭到雷击。
8. n.罢工,罢市,罢课;(军事)打击;
A strike has shut the factory.
罢工使工厂停业。
总结:每个单词都有特定的用法,
如:hit sb on+身体部位,打什么人什么部位;
beat表示心脏跳动或者有节奏地打拍子、beat有打败某人的意思;
strike有吸引某人的意思。其中让某人突然想到可以是:it hit/strikes somebody that,不能用beat。