knock off

phrasal verbphr v informal

a) stop work 停止工作STOP DOING something knock off (something) to stop working and go somewhere else 停止(工作)；下班

There was no one in the office because they’d all knocked off for lunch.

办公室里没人，因为他们都下班吃午饭去了。

Do you want to knock off early today?

今天你想早些下班吗？

We usually knock off work at about twelve on Saturday.

星期六我们一般12点左右下班。

b) reduce a price 减价 knock something ↔ offREDUCE to reduce the price of something by a particular amount 〔从价钱中〕减去某数额

I’ll knock off £10.

我愿意降价10英镑。

knock something off something

Travel agents are knocking £50, and sometimes £100, off the price of holidays.

旅行社正在把旅游报价调低50英镑，有些甚至降价100英镑。

c) reduce amount 减少量 knock something ↔ offCOUNT/CALCULATE to reduce a total by a particular amount 〔从总量中〕减掉某数量

knock something off something

Moving house will knock an hour off Ray’s journey to work.

搬家将使雷的上班路程缩短一小时。

d) produce 制作 knock something ↔ offMAKE to produce something quickly and easily 〔快速轻松地〕做出某物，做完某事

Roland makes a lot of money knocking off copies of famous paintings.

罗兰靠快速仿制名画赚大钱。

e) murder 谋杀 knock somebody ↔ offKILL to murder someone 杀害某人

f) steal 偷窃 knock something ↔ off British EnglishBrESTEAL to steal something 偷窃某物

Examples from the Corpus

knock off• And I know Frank was knocked off.• It took us some time to get to Kitumbeine and the district officer had knocked off.• Is it OK if I knock off a little early tonight?• I usually knock off at about six.• Suppose I tell you the name of the guy who knocked off Mahoney.• By five he had knocked off most of the items on his priority list.• Part of the puzzle had been knocked off onto the floor.• What do you do with an evil one, who is knocking off the neighbors?• Ellie accidentally knocked a cup of milk off the table.• In Newcastle residents would have £32 knocked off their £349 bill if the Government assessment of spending had been more accurate.• Their run through the NCAAs last year, when they knocked off three No. 1 seeds, was no fluke.• Everyone else appeared to have some sort of credit card that knocked off up to 25 percent.

knock off early• This could be one night he thinks he might knock off early for dinner at midnight.• I'm going to knock off early today.

→ knock off at knock1(PHRASAL VERB)

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