knock back

1. PHRASAL VERB 快速喝掉，豪饮（尤指酒）
   If you knock back a 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。
2. PHRASAL VERB 阻止，妨碍
   If an event, situation, or person knocks you back, 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。

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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. How much did that new watch knock you back?
   那只新表花费了你多少钱？
6. Deep Springs does not bestow degrees. Graduates earn academic credits that tend to knock a year off subsequent university courses back in the outside world.
   深泉学院不授予学位，毕业生们在深泉就读两年获得学分，接下来将回到外面的世界继续学习，学分可以转入别的大学相当于一年的课业。
7. 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。
8. Tottenham are likely to knock back all bids but reports claim Chelsea could throw in Shaun Wright-Phillips and Glen Johnson in the hope Spurs will agree to a move.
   托特纳姆看起来会回绝所有报价，但是有媒体报道说切尔西可能用小赖特和格伦约翰逊来让热刺同意转会。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. Shall we knock one back?
    我们会让人吃惊吗？
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. I like to knock back a few beers after work.
    下班后，我喜欢喝几瓶啤酒。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. "If you really love each other as much as we do, you want to knock those walls down and get back to the place where you enjoy being with each other and making music together," says Key.
    如果你们能如我们这般爱护着彼此，那么你就会迫切希望摧毁那些挡在你们面前的墙壁，让一切回到那个开心快乐的原点，那个可以一起无忧无虑做自己音乐的地方。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. Networks of hijacked computers have previously been used to knock a website offline, with botnet operators sometimes demanding a ransom to bring it back, or to collect large numbers of credit card details.
    以往，由被劫持的电脑构成的网络被用于攻击某个网站，使其瘫痪（僵尸网络的运行者有时要求得到一笔赎金，作为放过该网站的条件），或者收集大量信用卡资料。
24. 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。
25. 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。

verb

1. cost a certain amount
   1. My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000

   Synonym:    set backput back