| 词汇 | knock off |
| 释义 | knock off 1. stop; leave work 中止（工作）；停工 * Let's knock off early today and go to see a ball game. 我们今天早点下班去看球赛。 * We start work at eight and knock off at twelve. 我们8点开始工作, 12点收工。 * What time do you knock off on Fridays? 你们星期五什么时候下班？ 2. deduct 除去；扣去；减去 * He knocked off ten percent from the price. 他杀价10％。 * When he received his money he found that five pounds had been knocked off for expenses incurred. 当他收到钱时，他发现由于各种开支扣除了5镑。 3. compose (a poem, an article, a novel, etc.) rapidly and in a short time 很快就写出（诗、文章、小说等） * He sat down and knocked off an article for the local paper in an hour. 他坐下来在一小时内很快就给当地报纸写了一篇文章。 * She knocked that article off in no time at all. 那篇文章她一挥而就。 * The boy knocked off his homework in 15 minutes and ran out to play tennis. 这孩子在15分钟内匆匆写完作业就跑出去打网球了。 4. steal from; commit robbery at 偷窃；抢劫 * They knocked off a bank. 他们抢了一家银行。 * The boy knocked off a necklace when the shop assistant wasn't looking. 那个男孩在店员不注意时，偷了一条金项链。 5. eat up quickly 吃得快 * He knocked off two chops and a plateful of vegetables in about ten minutes and then asked for more. 他在10分钟内就吃完两块排骨和一碟蔬菜，然后又要加菜。 6. obtain 获得 * He knocked off a Nobel prize. 他获得了诺贝尔奖金。 7. take into custody; arrest 拘留；逮捕 * He was knocked off by the police. 他被警察拘捕了。 8. murder 谋杀 * The gangsters knocked off Herman. 歹徒谋害了海尔曼。 * They say that the policeman got knocked off because he saw the raiders'faces. 他们说那个警察被杀死了，因为他看见了强盗的面孔。 |
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