Knock是很常见的动词指“敲”,“敲门”就会说“knock the door”。除此以外,knock搭配不同介词会产生千变万化的意思。今天就来聊聊,当knock遇上off,会产生哪些“化学反应”?
1. 打掉,碰掉
She accidentally knocked off the glass。
她不小心把玻璃杯碰掉了。
2. 撞倒,击倒
I knocked him off his feet.
我把他打倒在地。
3. 停止工作,休息,下班:
All the staff knocked off for lunch at twelve o'clock.
所有的员工都在12点钟停止工作去吃午饭。
What time do you knock off?
你们什么时候下班?
4. 减掉,降低(价格);
The shopkeeper agreed to knock 5 pounds off the price.
店主同意把价格降低5镑。
5. 匆促完成;匆忙写出(文章等),即席做成:
I've a few letters to knock off this morning.
今天上午我有几封信要赶出来。
He knocks off a speech.
他即兴演讲。
6. 排除,除掉;
The headmaster is trying to knock off every objection.
校长正努力排除一切反对意见。
7. 赢得,获得
He knocked off a Nobel prize.
他获得了一项诺贝尔奖。
8. 杀死,谋杀,干掉
He was knocked off by the gangsters.
他被歹徒谋杀了。
9. 偷(某物);抢劫(某处)
Who knocked off my purse ?
谁偷了我的钱包呢?
The man who knocked off a bank last night was arrested.
昨天夜里抢劫银行的人被逮住了。
10. 很快吃光(或喝光)
They have knocked off the whole cake in a few minutes!
他们在几分钟内便吃光了那块大蛋糕。
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