beat the air meaning, origin, example, sentence, history

例句 · He was really just ploughing the sands. 他不過是在白費力氣。 · To argue with such a marl is like beating the air. 跟這號人辯論是白費力氣。

To fight to no purpose, or against an imaginary enemy.

To keep doing something despite its apparent pointlessness or futility. There's no way he'll get his progressive agenda through—he's just beating the air.

The correct answer is To make efforts that are useless or vain. Key Points The idiom 'beat the air' means to make vain efforts.

因此在英语当中beat the air就是徒劳，白费力气“的意思。练武之人，每天 ... My sister is very stubborn, if you want to change her mind is ultimately ...

書名：Beating The Air，語言：英文，ISBN：9781424177950，頁數：172，作者：Nichols, Michael，出版日期：2007/06/30，類別：童書(0-12歲)

BEAT THE AIR definition: to make repeated futile attempts | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.

Continue to make futile attempts, fight to no purpose. For example, The candidates for office were so much alike that we thought our vote amounted to beating ...

Meaning · fighting without any purpose. · going on with making futile attempts. · keep doing something, even though it is pointless. · make useless efforts.

Beat The Air definition: To fight to no purpose, or against an imaginary enemy .