| 词汇 | knock-back |
| 释义 | knock someone backphrasal verb with knockverbuk /nɒk/ us /nɑːk/ informal to say no to someone who has offered you something or asked you to do something: He asked her out but she knocked him back. The singer was repeatedly knocked back by record companies who said he was too old. Related word knockback Refusing & rejecting abjuration abjure abnegate abnegation bar bat something/someone away decline disavow gainsay opt opt out pass on pass something up punt on something quit rebel refuse sb wouldn't touch something/someone with a bargepole/barge poleidiom tear would not do something for all the tea in Chinaidiom knock someone back somethingphrasal verb with knockverbuk /nɒk/ us /nɑːk/ UKinformal to cost someone a large amount of money: 让（某人）花费（一大笔钱） I bet that computer knocked you back several hundred.我敢说那台电脑花了你几百块钱。 to have a certain monetary value costHiring a car for the week will cost close to £300! beThe cakes were £1.50 each or two for £2. sell forThe tickets sell for £100 each. fetchThe medieval manuscript fetched a record-breaking £1.2 million at auction. go for somethingHouses around here usually go for about £500,000. set someone back (something)Phew, that ring looks like it set you back. Costing too much bottomless pit capital intensive cheap cheap at half the priceidiom cost an arm and a leg/a small fortuneidiom cost someone a pretty pennyidiom cost someone dearidiom costliness daylight robbery dear exorbitant gouge pretty price fixing price someone out price yourself out of the marketidiom prohibitive prohibitively prohibitory sight knock something backphrasal verb with knockverbuk /nɒk/ us /nɑːk/ informal to quickly drink something, especially a lot of alcohol: 一下子喝下（尤指很多酒） She was knocking back the champagne at Maria's party.她当时正在玛丽亚的聚会上畅饮香槟。 He raised the glass to his lips, then knocked it back in a single gulp. to say no to someone's offer, idea, etc.: It was too good an offer to knock back. His plan was knocked back by the council. Related word knockback Drinking consume drink drink (something) up drinker drinking drinking fountain drinking water drunk mainline overindulge overindulgence overindulgent partake preload sup swig swill tasting tea ceremony wash You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Drinking alcohol Refusing & rejecting knock sb/sth back | Business Englishknock sb/sth backphrasal verb with knockverb[ T ]uk /nɒk/us to have a bad effect on someone or something, especially by stopping them from achieving something: Disappointing results from the company knocked its shares back to just 51p. She missed out on the promotion, but refused to be knocked back. to refuse to accept or agree to something: The proposed merger of the two companies was knocked back by competition authorities in Australia. Ofgem's role is to approve that pricing regime, and it has twice knocked back what the company is proposing. |
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