batter 作为动词的意思是连续抽打、袭击。 Hurricane Dorian entered the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Sunday after battering the Canadian Nova Scotia peninsula, leaving hundreds of thousands without power. 飓风多利安星期天在袭击加拿大新斯科舍省半岛后进入圣劳伦斯湾，给数十万人造成供电中断。

 

In recent years, the Canadian Conservatives have battered the Liberals, turning a narrow lead in the 2006 election into a majority government by 2011. 近年来，加拿大保守党给自由党带来冲击，将在2006年的选举中微弱领先的优势发展成2011年多数派领导的政府。