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

• Essien's arrival in west London ends the summer's longest-running transfer saga, which has seen the French club knock back bid after bid for the midfielder.
  埃辛的到达结束了夏季漫长的转会风波，在这个故事中，法国俱乐部多次回绝了出价。
• "If you really love each other as much as we do, you want to knock those walls down and get back to the place where you enjoy being with each other and making music together," says Key.
  如果你们能如我们这般爱护着彼此，那么你就会迫切希望摧毁那些挡在你们面前的墙壁，让一切回到那个开心快乐的原点，那个可以一起无忧无虑做自己音乐的地方。
• I can't believe how you knock him behind his back.
  我无法相信你怎么在背后指摘他。
• 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。
• Deep Springs does not bestow degrees. Graduates earn academic credits that tend to knock a year off subsequent university courses back in the outside world.
  深泉学院不授予学位，毕业生们在深泉就读两年获得学分，接下来将回到外面的世界继续学习，学分可以转入别的大学相当于一年的课业。
• 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。
• 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。
• Life will knock us down, but we can choose might or not to get back up.
  生活可以把我们打倒，但我们可以选择要不要重新站立起来。
• Shall we knock one back?
  我们会让人吃惊吗？
• Tottenham are likely to knock back all bids but reports claim Chelsea could throw in Shaun Wright-Phillips and Glen Johnson in the hope Spurs will agree to a move.
  托特纳姆看起来会回绝所有报价，但是有媒体报道说切尔西可能用小赖特和格伦约翰逊来让热刺同意转会。