| 释义 |
knock sth downphrasal verbto deliberately destroy a building, wall or fence; to make a door fall inwards推倒，拆毁（建筑物、墙或篱笆）；把（门）向里推倒◆you could knock this wall down and make one large room.你可以把这堵墙拆了，使之成为一个大房间。◆they didn't need to knock the door down!他们总不至于要把门撞倒吧！note 辨析 demolish, tear sth down or knock sth down? tear sth down can suggest that unnecessary violence was used, or that the speaker has negative feelings about what was done. demolish and knock sth down are both neutral terms (= neither positive nor negative). * tear sth down 暗示使用了不必要的暴力，或说话者对此持否定态度。demolish 和 knock sth down 都是中性词。 knock sth down to destroy a building, etc 拆毁（建筑物等）: ◇they knocked down the old factory because it was unsafe. 那家旧工厂不安全，所以他们把它拆了。 |