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

• 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。
• 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。
• Shall we knock one back?
  我们会让人吃惊吗？
• Hsin-mei urged her to tell him, but she refused and was going to knock on the door and go in, when Hsin-mei held her back with his hand and begged her to tell him.
  辛楣催她说，她不肯说，要打门进去，辛楣手拦住她，求她说。
• 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。
• If something is reading too much, knock it back by adding in darker values.
  如果某些地方太突出了，通过加深再把它推回去。
• 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。
• How much did that new watch knock you back?
  那只新表花费了你多少钱？
• 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。
• Yet exactly how the American drinkers who predominate on the site get to knock back a westvleteren 12 is something of a mystery.
  但是该网站主要的使用者都是美国饮酒者，他们到底是怎么搞到一瓶威斯特佛兰德伦12痛饮的，这一点多少是个谜团。