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

• 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。
• The news almost knocked the living daylights out of me.
  这条消息几乎使我昏了过去。
• 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 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。
• Go on lads, beat the living daylights out of them!
  上啊，伙计们，狠狠揍他们一顿！
• "I'll kill her. I'll knock the living daylights out of her" He was dying very soon, his wife brought his best clothes and shoes before he was put into the casket-it was his best costume, maybe priceless.
  他快死了，他妻子拿来他最好的衣服，鞋子，在他快要进棺材前&最好的装束，很可能是无价的。
• The thought of having the same costs as bricks-and-mortar competitors scares the living daylights out of me, says Charles Hunt, owner of Duvet and Pillow Warehouse, a fast-growing online retailer.
  查尔斯.亨特，一家快速成长的网络零售店DuvetandPillowWarehouse的老板，说道，想到和实体竞争者们一样的花销，我就吓得六神无主。
• That horror film we saw last night scared the living daylights out of me.
  昨晚我们看的那部恐怖电影把我吓得六神无主。
• 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。
• That sudden scream in the middle of night scared the daylights out of me.
  半夜那突如其来的一声尖叫把我给吓得魂飞魄散。