“批”的英語可以翻譯為：write instructions or comments on，criticize，refute，[書]slap（大量買賣貨物） wholesale[口] （棉、麻等未捻成線、繩時的細條） fibres of cotton, flax, etc. ready to be drawn and twisted（用于貨物和人） batch，lot，group ...
麥肯批評說對“區域”一詞的含義缺少解釋。McKen criticises the lack of explication of what the term "areas" means.分兩批吃晚飯。Dinner was in two sittings.他在這幾頁中遭到了一頓痛批。He gets a terrible going-over in these pages....