| 词组 | knock down |
| 释义 | knock down 1. knock sb down • knock down sb usually passive if a vehicle knocks someone down, it hits them so that they fall to the ground and may be injured or killed: ▪ Michael Hutchence was knocked down by a taxi as he left the nightclub. ▪ As Tracey was getting out of her car, a motorcycle nearly knocked her down. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑knock over, ↑run over 2. knock down sth • knock sth down to deliberately destroy and remove a building or a part of a building: ▪ We could knock down this wall and have one large room instead of two. ▪ A lot of the older houses were knocked down to make space for new ones. ■ SIMILAR TO: demolish formal 3. knock sth down • knock down sth to reduce the price of something: + to ▪ The agents recommended knocking the price down to $150,000, and we agreed. + from ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑reduce ▪ He's knocked down the painting from $200 to $170. knockdown adj always before noun a knockdown price is very cheap: ▪ In the end the land was sold at a knockdown price. 4. knock sb down informal to persuade someone to reduce the price of something they are selling you: + to ▪ She wanted $2,000 for the car, but I knocked her down to £1,800. 5. knock down sth • knock sth down to prove or argue that an idea, suggestion etc is not right, or not worth considering: ▪ They knocked down the proposal on the grounds that it was not practical. ▪ His argument was completely illogical, and easily knocked down. |
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