daylights

英 [ˈdeɪlaɪts]

美 [ˈdeɪlaɪts]

网络  生命

习惯用语

n.

beat/knock the (living) daylights out of sb
• 把某人狠揍一顿
  to hit sb very hard several times and hurt them very much
frighten/scare the (living) daylights out of sb
• 吓得某人六神无主（或魂飞魄散）
  to frighten sb very much

双语例句

• Scared the living daylights out of them; beat the living hell out of him.
  把他们吓得魂飞魄散；把他痛打一顿。
• There is no doubt dropping two foreign otters into a territory of wild locals would lead to the local ones beating the living daylights out of the new ones, he added.
  “毫无疑问，如果把两只外国水獭放到野生本地种的领地中，本地水獭会对新来者发起猛烈攻击，”他补充道。
• Go on lads, beat the living daylights out of them!
  上啊，伙计们，狠狠揍他们一顿！
• His successor, John Reid, is busily putting the boot into everyone else, lambasting judges for being soft on crime and scaring the daylights out of his department.
  他的继任，约翰·里德忙着责备周围的每一个人，言责法官判刑太轻，让他部门的人都万分惊恐。
• The news almost knocked the living daylights out of me.
  这条消息几乎使我昏了过去。
• You scared the living daylights out of me.
  你吓得我灵魂出窍！
• And it is true that those who love horror movie often tell me that after being scared out of their daylights till sweating, they feel so comfortable to return the real world and find it so beautiful and peaceful.
  那些喜欢恐怖片的人也的确告诉我他们经历过被吓得出一身汗后，会觉得重返现实生活很舒服，会发现现实世界如此美丽如此平静。
• The unseeded player has no chance; the champion will knock the living daylights out of her.
  这个非种子选手没有获胜的机会，在比赛中冠军会把她彻底打败的。
• At the end of the film, the hero beat the living daylights out of the villain.
  影片在接近尾声时，主人公把坏蛋狠揍了一顿。
• If I catch you stealing again, I'll beat the daylights out of you!
  假如再让我逮着你偷东西，看我怎麽揍你！