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 had to knock the branches back to reach the hut.
  我得把树枝推开后才能到达棚屋。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。