knock off

英 [nɒk ɒf]

美 [nɑːk ɔːf]

使减少; 使降低; 从（名单或文件中）删除; 下班; 收工

经济

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使减少；使降低
  Toknock offan amount from a price, time, or level means to reduce it by that amount.
  1. Udinese have knocked 10% off admission prices...
     乌迪内斯队将入场费降低了10%。
  2. He has knocked 10 seconds off the world record...
     他将世界纪录缩短了10秒。
  3. When pressed they knock off 10 per cent.
     经砍价，他们降了10%。
• PHRASAL VERB 从（名单或文件中）删除
  If youknocksomethingoffa list or document, you remove it.
  1. Tighter rules for benefit entitlement have knocked many people off the unemployment register.
     更为严格的救济金申领规定将很多人剔除出了失业登记表。
• PHRASAL VERB 偷
  If someoneknockssomethingoff, they steal it.
  1. Cars can be stolen almost as easily as knocking off a bike.
     偷汽车几乎能和偷自行车一样容易。
• PHRASAL VERB 偷；盗
  Toknock offa house, factory, or shop means to break into it and steal money or property.
  1. ...two nervous teenagers knocking off a cafe?
     两个紧张不安的青少年抢了一家咖啡馆？
• PHRASAL VERB 下班；收工
  When youknock off, you finish work at the end of the day or before a break.
  1. If I get this report finished I'll knock off early...
     如果我写完这篇报告，我就会早点下班。
  2. What time do you knock off?
     你什么时间下班？
• PHRASAL VERB 杀死
  If someoneknockssomeone elseoff, they kill them.
  1. He had many motives for wanting to knock off Yvonne...
     他有很多杀伊冯娜的动机。
  2. People don't just knock one another off like this unless there's big money at stake.
     如果不是为了冒险赚大钱，人们不会像这样彼此残杀。

英英释义

verb

• stop pursuing or acting
  1. drop a lawsuit
  2. knock it off!
  Synonym:drop
• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
  1. The mafia liquidated the informer
  2. the double agent was neutralized
  Synonym:neutralizeneutraliseliquidatewastedo in
• write quickly
  1. She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper
  2. He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess
  Synonym:dash offscratch offtoss offfling off
• take by theft
  1. Someone snitched my wallet!
  Synonym:hooksnitchthievecopglom
• cut the price of
  Synonym:shave

双语例句

• It's time for us to knock off.
  是咱们下班的时间了。
• When the whistle goes, all the workers knock off for a cup of tea.
  哨子一响所有工人都停下手里的活儿去喝茶。
• Horses knock off at nightfall with bags full of rice plant on backs.
  黄昏时驮了稻子回家的马帮。
• There's a guy outside who wants me to knock off your boss.
  外面有个人，要我干掉你的老板。
• That evening, when it was time to knock off, he felt even more miserable.
  到了晚间，打算收车，他更难过了。
• He had many motives for wanting to knock off Yvonne
  他有很多杀伊冯娜的动机。
• Cars can be stolen almost as easily as knocking off a bike.
  偷汽车几乎能和偷自行车一样容易。
• People don't just knock one another off like this unless there's big money at stake.
  如果不是为了冒险赚大钱，人们不会像这样彼此残杀。
• It's time to knock off.
  该收工了。
• If I get this report finished I'll knock off early
  如果我写完这篇报告，我就会早点下班。