knock back

英 [ˈnɒk bæk]

美 [ˈnɑːk bæk]

快速喝掉，豪饮（尤指酒）; 阻止，妨碍

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 快速喝掉，豪饮（尤指酒）
  If youknock backa drink, especially an alcoholic one, you drink it quickly, and often in large amounts.
  1. He was knocking back his 10th gin and tonic of the day...
     他正在大口喝着今天的第10杯加奎宁水的杜松子酒。
  2. She poured some vodka into a glass and knocked it back in two swallows.
     她往玻璃杯里倒了一些伏特加酒，两口就喝完了。
• PHRASAL VERB 阻止，妨碍
  If an event, situation, or personknocksyouback, they prevent you from progressing or achieving something.
  1. It seemed as though every time we got rolling something came along to knock us back...
     每当我们开始着手行动的时候，好像都会出点什么事来拖我们后腿。
  2. That really knocked back any hope for further peace negotiations.
     那的确一度使进一步的和平谈判成为泡影。

英英释义

verb

• cost a certain amount
  1. My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000
  Synonym:set backput back

双语例句

• But even if you are strong enough to persist through the obstacle course of life and work, sometimes you will encounter an adverse event that will completely knock you on your back.
  但即使你意志坚强，能够挺过生活、工作中的困难，有时你也会遇到逆境，它会在背后给你一击。
• Yet it can't be denied that drink and'armchair football'do often go together: there is always an excuse to knock back one more drink, either in celebration or commiseration.
  但也不可否认，饮酒与看球赛常常走到一起：总有理由再喝一杯，不管是为了庆贺胜利还是出于对失利的同情。
• But Apple has yet to permanently knock any of its competitors 'products out of the market. And several rivals have fought back against Apple, accusing the company of using their own patented designs.
  但是苹果公司还未能将对手的产品永久性逐出市场，几家竞争对手向苹果发起了反击，指责苹果使用了他们的专利设计。
• Knock that whisky back and let me get you another.
  把那杯威士忌一口气喝了，我再给你弄一杯。
• How much did that new watch knock you back?
  那只新表花费了你多少钱？
• To defeat him, you must first knock him back with your energy blasts, until you can see the cracked energy orb that was behind him.
  为了击败他，你必须先用你的能量攻打让他后退，直到你看见他后面破碎的能量石。
• Children also knock a bucket while riding bikes and adults knock a bucket on horse back.
  孩子们有时骑在单车上敲击木桶；成年人则驾着高头大马击碎木桶。
• It seemed as though every time we got rolling something came along to knock us back
  每当我们开始着手行动的时候，好像都会出点什么事来拖我们后腿。
• Networks of hijacked computers have previously been used to knock a website offline, with botnet operators sometimes demanding a ransom to bring it back, or to collect large numbers of credit card details.
  以往，由被劫持的电脑构成的网络被用于攻击某个网站，使其瘫痪（僵尸网络的运行者有时要求得到一笔赎金，作为放过该网站的条件），或者收集大量信用卡资料。
• I had to knock the branches back to reach the hut.
  我得把树枝推开后才能到达棚屋。