knock off

英 [nɒk ɒf]

美 [nɑːk ɔːf]

使减少; 使降低; 从（名单或文件中）删除; 下班; 收工

经济

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使减少；使降低
  Toknock offan amount from a price, time, or level means to reduce it by that amount.
  1. Udinese have knocked 10% off admission prices...
     乌迪内斯队将入场费降低了10%。
  2. He has knocked 10 seconds off the world record...
     他将世界纪录缩短了10秒。
  3. When pressed they knock off 10 per cent.
     经砍价，他们降了10%。
• PHRASAL VERB 从（名单或文件中）删除
  If youknocksomethingoffa list or document, you remove it.
  1. Tighter rules for benefit entitlement have knocked many people off the unemployment register.
     更为严格的救济金申领规定将很多人剔除出了失业登记表。
• PHRASAL VERB 偷
  If someoneknockssomethingoff, they steal it.
  1. Cars can be stolen almost as easily as knocking off a bike.
     偷汽车几乎能和偷自行车一样容易。
• PHRASAL VERB 偷；盗
  Toknock offa house, factory, or shop means to break into it and steal money or property.
  1. ...two nervous teenagers knocking off a cafe?
     两个紧张不安的青少年抢了一家咖啡馆？
• PHRASAL VERB 下班；收工
  When youknock off, you finish work at the end of the day or before a break.
  1. If I get this report finished I'll knock off early...
     如果我写完这篇报告，我就会早点下班。
  2. What time do you knock off?
     你什么时间下班？
• PHRASAL VERB 杀死
  If someoneknockssomeone elseoff, they kill them.
  1. He had many motives for wanting to knock off Yvonne...
     他有很多杀伊冯娜的动机。
  2. People don't just knock one another off like this unless there's big money at stake.
     如果不是为了冒险赚大钱，人们不会像这样彼此残杀。

英英释义

verb

• stop pursuing or acting
  1. drop a lawsuit
  2. knock it off!
  Synonym:drop
• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
  1. The mafia liquidated the informer
  2. the double agent was neutralized
  Synonym:neutralizeneutraliseliquidatewastedo in
• write quickly
  1. She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper
  2. He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess
  Synonym:dash offscratch offtoss offfling off
• take by theft
  1. Someone snitched my wallet!
  Synonym:hooksnitchthievecopglom
• cut the price of
  Synonym:shave

双语例句

• 3: Joe, I'm going to knock off work early this afternoon.
  他说：Joe，我今天下午要提前下班了。
• Cars can be stolen almost as easily as knocking off a bike.
  偷汽车几乎能和偷自行车一样容易。
• Can I knock off half an hour earlier?
  我可以提前半小时下班吗？
• Let's knock off for a cup of tea.
  歇会儿，喝杯茶。
• When the whistle goes, all the workers knock off for a cup of tea.
  哨子一响所有工人都停下手里的活儿去喝茶。
• It's after five; let's knock off.
  已经五点多了；下班吧。
• I've a pile of work to knock off before I can take my holiday.
  在我去度假之前，还有一大堆事情得干完。
• I used to walk to my office but if I still walk to work my colleagues may get ready to knock off when I get there.
  过去我经常走着去上班，但是如果我现在还走着去上班，等我到那时我的同事可能已经准备下班了。
• He has knocked 10 seconds off the world record
  他将世界纪录缩短了10秒。
• People don't just knock one another off like this unless there's big money at stake.
  如果不是为了冒险赚大钱，人们不会像这样彼此残杀。