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

• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。