| 词组 | hammer |
| 释义 | hammer [hammered, hammered, hammering] hammer at hammer at sth especially AmE to keep talking about a particular subject, especially publicly, because you think it is important and want to attract people's attention to it: ▪ Dole hammered at the latest statistics, showing that teenage drug use has more than doubled in the last four years. ▪ Throughout the election campaign, Weld continued to hammer at the issues of crime, welfare and taxes. hammer away 1. hammer away to hit something hard continuously, especially making a loud noise: ▪ I could hear the workmen hammering away downstairs. ▪ Fleisher has finally learned to play the piano properly, rather than hammering away with his fingers. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑bang away 2. hammer away to work hard at something for a long time in a determined way: ▪ It was incredibly boring work, but we hammered away on our ancient typewriters until it was done. + at ▪ Bill's got to finish the article by tomorrow, even if it means hammering away at it all night. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑bash away informal, especially BrE, ↑slave away, ↑slog away BrE informal 3. hammer away to keep talking about something a lot in order to persuade people to agree with you, understand how important it is etc: ▪ "Keep hammering away," David said. "They'll see what we mean in the end." + at ▪ Clinton hammered away at the same issues throughout the election campaign. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑bang on BrE informal, ↑go on informal hammer down hammer down sth • hammer sth down usually passive BrE to sell something at an auction. An auction is a public sale, where land and property are sold to the person who offers the most money for them: + for ▪ A painting by Van Gogh was hammered down for a record $53.9 million. hammer in/into hammer sth in • hammer sth into sb to repeat something again and again so that people completely understand it or accept that it is true or right: ▪ Principles of right and wrong have been hammered into us since childhood. ▪ Just telling them once won't work. You've got to hammer it in. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑drum into, ↑drill into hammer out hammer out sth • hammer sth out to get an agreement with another person, country, organization etc after a lot of discussion and argument: ▪ The two sides met to try to hammer out a peace agreement. ▪ A deal is being hammered out with the banks, to give Honduras more time to pay off its loans. ▪ Recent talks are aimed at hammering out a treaty to be signed next June in Rio de Janeiro. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑thrash out |
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