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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I like to knock back a few beers after work.
  下班后，我喜欢喝几瓶啤酒。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This knock back does not mean I feel like giving up the fight, even if there is now one less race in which to compete.
  这次打击并不意味着我将会放弃去战斗，即使现在我失去了一场比赛来完成。