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

• 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。
• 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。
• Shall we knock one back?
  我们会让人吃惊吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。