beaten

beaten — 形容詞

1. having lost a game, race, election, or other contest

1.形容詞B2
釋義

敗北的

比賽或選舉中輸了

having lost a game, race, election, or other contest

例句

After the final whistle, the beaten players sat quietly by the bus.

終場哨聲後，那些敗北的球員安靜地坐在巴士旁。

before noun: beaten players

Riverdale looked beaten once East High scored a third goal.

East High 踢進第三球後，Riverdale 看來已經輸定了。

linking verb: looked beaten

同義詞
  • defeated

    is the closest general synonym and sounds slightly more formal

  • losing

    can describe a side during the contest, before the result is final

  • outplayed

    suggests the other side performed better, especially in sport

反義詞
  • victorious

    is a formal word for having won

  • winning

    can describe the side that is ahead or has won

  • unbeaten

    means not defeated in any game or match yet

文法句型

a beaten team

a beaten candidate

look beaten

finish beaten

用法筆記

Common for people, teams, or sides after a clear result in sport, elections, or other contests. Distinguish from the passive verb in sentences like 'They were beaten by Spain', where the focus is the action rather than this describing adjective.

常見錯誤

❌Our team was beaten the match.
✅Our team was beaten in the match.' / 'Our team was beaten.
💡as an adjective, beaten does not take the game directly as an object.
❌I felt beaten after carrying the sofa upstairs.
✅I felt exhausted after carrying the sofa upstairs.
💡this sense is about losing a contest, not simply being tired.

2. hammered until it spreads into a thinner, flatter shape, especially of metal

2.形容詞C1
釋義

捶平的

金屬敲打後變薄變平

hammered until it spreads into a thinner, flatter shape, especially of metal

例句

The museum showed beaten gold from a king's mask.

博物館展出了國王面具上的捶平金片。

collocation: beaten gold

A beaten copper bowl hung above Rosa's kitchen table.

一只捶平的銅碗掛在 Rosa 家的餐桌上方。

before noun with metal nouns

同義詞
  • hammered

    is the nearest everyday word and stresses the hitting process

  • flattened

    focuses on the resulting shape more than the method

  • worked

    is broader and often used in art or metalcraft contexts

文法句型

beaten gold

beaten silver

beaten brass

beaten metal

用法筆記

Usually comes before nouns for metals such as gold, silver, copper, or brass. Distinguish from adjective/3, where repeated walking makes a path clear, not hammering.

常見錯誤

❌The carpenter used beaten wood for the frame.
✅The goldsmith used beaten gold for the necklace.
💡this sense is mainly used for metal shaped by hammering.
❌Tourists followed the beaten gold into the forest.
✅Tourists followed the beaten path into the forest.
💡beaten gold is metal; a route worn by feet is adjective/3.

3. worn clear by many feet passing the same way again and again

3.形容詞C1
釋義

踩成的

因常被走而磨出道路

worn clear by many feet passing the same way again and again

例句

A beaten path led from the farm gate to the river.

一條踩成的小徑從農場大門通到河邊。

collocation: beaten path

Tourists left the beaten track and climbed toward the quiet lake.

遊客離開那條踩出來的小路，往安靜的湖邊爬去。

phrase: leave the beaten track

同義詞
  • worn

    is a broad word for a surface changed by long use

  • trodden

    is more literary and also stresses repeated walking

  • well-used

    is less fixed and can describe paths or tracks in everyday English

反義詞
  • overgrown

    suggests plants now cover the route

  • untrodden

    is literary and means not walked on

  • rough

    suggests the route is still uneven or unclear

文法句型

beaten path

beaten track

leave the beaten track

off the beaten track

用法筆記

Most often used with path and track, especially in the phrase off the beaten track. Distinguish from adjective/2, which describes metal made flat by hammering.

常見錯誤

❌We followed a beaten metal through the forest.
✅We followed a beaten path through the forest.
💡this sense describes a route worn by many feet.
❌The artist bought a beaten track for the statue.
✅The artist bought beaten copper for the statue.
💡for hammered metal, use adjective/2 instead.