beat off

基本解释

Patrolling in high heels, wigs and designer bags, Japanese black-belt policemen have been cross-dressing in a bid to beat off bag-snatchers, according to a report.
據報導，日本黑帶級男警員爲了打擊奪包搶匪，穿上高跟鞋、頭戴假發，手拎名牌包變裝巡邏。
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
以色列人哪，到那日，耶和華必從大河，直到埃及小河，將你們一一的收集，如同人打樹拾果一樣。
Such expertise helps OFCs to beat off the competition.
諸如此類的優勢都讓離岸金融中心能夠勝出。

The woman torn off her apron and tried to beat out the fire with the cloth.
So you're tapping your foot. You're tapping the beat and a lot of the music is coming off the beat.
你用腳打拍子,你在跟著節奏打拍子,很多樂音都不在正拍上
耶魯公開課 - 聆聽音樂課程節選
With syncopation the impulse can come suddenly off the beat, and it gives it a little snap or jazzy aspect to the music.
在切分音裡,沖動會突然打亂節拍,讓音樂聽起來突兀,奔放
耶魯公開課 - 聆聽音樂課程節選

In 2008 the target ship managed to beat off a pirate assault half the time.
ECONOMIST: Piracy