beat to

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To arrive (somewhere) more quickly (than someone else); to succeed (at something) more quickly (than someone else). transitive
    — Zumbetel wanted to beat Yalpatel to launching the planet's first pocket-sized satellite phone.

词形变化

beats to present,singular,third-person beating to participle,present beat to past beaten to participle,past

词源

Shortening of beat to the punch.
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