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. If he turns around and comes back, the Battle Line will fix him.
  影片在接近尾声时，主人公把坏蛋狠揍了一顿。要是他掉转头回来的话，战列舰队就可以狠狠地揍他一顿。
• The news almost knocked the living daylights out of me.
  这条消息几乎使我昏了过去。
• We're going to scare the living daylights out of your parents.
  我们要让你妈妈吓得魂飞魄散。
• You scared the living daylights out of me.
  你吓得我灵魂出窍！
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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！
• 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。