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knock off phrasal verb
⇨ discount (knock off €10) ⇨ stop 1 (knock off work) discount verb discount ♦︎ deduct ♦︎ take ♦︎ subtract ♦︎ knock sth off (sth) ♦︎ take sth out of sth ♦︎ take sth off sth ♦︎ debit ♦︎ dockThese words all mean to take a number or amount away from another number or amount. 这些词均表示打折扣或扣除。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to deduct / take / subtract / debit / dock sth from sth◆to discount / deduct / take / subtract / knock sth off / debit an amount (from sth)◆to take / subtract one number from another◆to discount / knock sth off / take sth off prices◆to deduct / knock off / take off / dock points / marks◆to deduct sth from / take sth out of / dock sb's pay / wages■ discount / /dɪsˈkaʊnt, NAmE also ˈdɪskaʊnt/ [transitive, usually passive] (especially business 尤用于商业) to sell sth at less than the usual price in order to encourage people to buy it 打折扣；打折出售◆We're offering discounted prices throughout March.整个3月份我们都打折销售。◆You can find discounted flights on the Internet.你可以在互联网上买到打折机票。◆Most of our stock has been discounted by up to 40%.我们的存货大多数都已经打了折扣，最低六折。ⓘ Things that might be discounted include prices, rates, fees, fares, tickets, books and subscriptions. * be discounted可与price、rate、fee、fare、ticket、book和subscription搭配。▸ discount /ˈdɪskaʊnt/ / noun [countable, uncountable] ◆The store manager gave us a 10% discount on the drum set.我们买这套鼓商店经理给我们打了九折。◆They were selling everything at a discount.他们销售的所有商品都打折。◆Do you give any discount?你们打折吗？■ deduct / /dɪˈdʌkt/ / [transitive, often passive] (rather formal) to remove an amount of money or a number of points or marks in order to reduce the total （从总数中）扣除，减去◆The cost of your uniform will be deducted from your wages.制服费将从你的工资中扣除。◆Ten points will be deducted for a wrong answer.答错一题扣10分。ⓘ In financial contexts, deduct is most often used to talk about taking money away from an amount such as a payment in order to pay tax. 在财务语境中，deduct最常指从付款等金额中扣除一定数额的钱来缴税◆Tax is deducted at source (= before you actually receive the payment).税款一开始就从付款中扣除了。In other contexts, deduct is mainly used to talk about taking away points or stars that have previously been awarded in a competition or rating system, for example. 在其他情况下，deduct主要用于扣除比赛中的得分或星级制中的星数。 ▸ deduction / /dɪˈdʌkʃn/ / noun [countable, uncountable] ◆deductions from your pay for tax and pension contributions从工资中扣除的税金和养老金供款的数额■ take (took, taken) [transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时) to reduce one number by the value of another 减；减去◆Take 5 from 12 and you're left with 7.12减5，剩7。◆ (informal, spoken) 28 take away 5 is 23.28减去5等于23。 OPP add ⇨ count ■ subtract / /səbˈtrækt/ / [transitive] (rather formal) to reduce one number by the value of another 减；减去◆6 subtracted from 9 is 3 (9−6 = 3).9减6等于3。◆If you subtract 6 from 9, you get 3.9减6，剩3。 OPP add ⇨ count ▸ subtraction noun [uncountable] ◆children learning addition and subtraction学习加减法的孩子 OPP addition ⇨ count verb ■ ˌknock sth ˈoff■ ˌknock sth ˈoff sth phrasal verb (rather informal) to remove an amount of money or a number of points or marks in order to reduce the total （从总数中）扣除，减去◆They knocked off $60 because of a scratch.因为货物有擦痕，他们降价60元出售。◆The news knocked 13% off the company's shares.这个消息使该公司的股价下跌了13%。■ ˌtake sth ˈout of sth phrasal verb (took, taken)to remove an amount of money from a larger amount, especially as a payment （尤指从付款中）扣除，减去◆The fine will be taken out of your wages.罚款将从你的工资中扣除。ⓘ Take sth out of sth is usually followed by wages or pay. * take sth out of通常后接wages或pay。■ ˌtake sth ˈoff sth phrasal verb (took, taken)to remove an amount of money or a number of points or marks in order to reduce the total （从总数中）扣除，减去◆The manager took $10 off the bill.经理从账单上扣掉10元。◆ (rather informal) That experience took ten years off my life (= made me feel ten years older).那段经历使我老了十岁。◆That new hairstyle takes years off you (= makes you look several years younger)!这个新发型使你看上去年轻了好几岁！■ debit / /ˈdebɪt/ / [transitive] (rather formal, finance 金融) (of a bank) to take money from an account （银行）借记；记入（账户的）借方◆The money will be debited from your account each month.这笔钱将逐月记入你账户的借方。◆The bank will debit your account with any withdrawals made using your payment card.你每次用支付卡取款后，银行会将款项记入你账户的借方。 OPP credit ⓘ A bank can credit an account with money, or credit money to an account, when it addes money to the account. * credit表示银行将款项存入账户，可用于credit an account with money或credit money to an account结构◆Your account has been credited with $50 000.已有5万元存入你的账户。◆$50 000 has been credited to your account.已有5万元存入你的账户。 see also debit ⇨ debt noun ■ dock [transitive] to take away part of sb's pay, especially as a punishment 扣除（部分工资，尤指作为惩罚）◆If you're late, your wages will be docked.要是你迟到，就会扣工资。◆They've docked 15% off my pay for this week.本周他们扣了我15%的工资。ⓘ Your employer might dock your pay or wages, or money from your pay. * dock表达此义时可与pay、wages或money搭配。 stop1 verb stop talking 停止说话a car stops/stop a car 汽车停下来；停车stop the bleeding 止血stop ♦︎ give sth up ♦︎ cease ♦︎ drop ♦︎ abandon ♦︎ quit ♦︎ discontinue ♦︎ leave off ♦︎ knock off (sth) ♦︎ pack sth inThese words all mean to no longer continue to do sth or to make sb/sth no longer do sth. 这些词均表示中断、停止。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to stop / give up / cease / quit / leave off doing sth◆to stop / give up / cease / drop / abandon / quit / leave off what you are doing◆to stop / give up / cease / abandon / quit / leave off / knock off work◆to give up / abandon / quit / pack in your job◆to give up / abandon hope◆to give up / quit smoking◆work stops / ceases◆to soon / finally stop / give up / cease / abandon / quit / discontinue◆to suddenly / immediately / almost / simply / never stop / give up / cease / abandon / quit◆to stop / cease / quit / leave off for a moment■ stop (-pp-) [transitive, intransitive] to no longer continue to do sth; to make sb/sth no longer do sth 中断；停止◆That phone never stops ringing!那电话总是响个不停！◆He couldn't stop thinking about her.他无法抑制对她的思念。◆Mike immediately stopped what he was doing.迈克立刻停下手头的事情。◆ (spoken) Stop me (= Make me stop talking) if I'm boring you.你要是觉得我烦了就打断我。◆Stop it! You're hurting me.住手！你把我弄疼了。◆Can't you just stop?你就不能停一停吗？ⓘ Notice the difference between stop doing sth and stop to do sth: We stopped taking pictures. means 'We were no longer taking pictures.'; We stopped to take pictures. means 'We stopped what we were doing so that we could start taking pictures.' 注意stop doing sth和stop to do sth的区别：We stopped taking pictures表示我们不再照相了。而We stopped to take pictures则表示我们停下正在做的事去照相。■ ˌgive sth ˈup phrasal verb (gave, given) [no passive] to stop doing or having sth 停止；中止；放弃；抛弃◆She didn't give up work when she had the baby.她生了孩子后并未放弃工作。◆We'd given up hope of ever having children.那时我们已放弃了生孩子的希望。◆You ought to give up smoking.你应该戒烟。◆He gave up medicine for a career in show business.他放弃了医学，转而从事演艺事业。 OPP take sth up ⇨ begin ■ cease / /siːs/ / [intransitive, transitive] (formal) to stop happening or existing; to stop sth from happening or existing 停止；终止；结束◆Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job.一个人一旦就业，福利救济立刻停止发放。◆You never cease to amaze me!你总能让我感到惊奇！◆The company ceased trading in June.这家公司已于6月份停业。◆He ordered his men to cease fire (= stop shooting).他命令手下停止射击。■ drop (-pp-) [transitive] (rather informal, especially spoken) to stop doing or discussing sth; to not continue with sth 停止；终止（讨论）；放弃◆I dropped German (= stopped studying it) when I was 14.我14岁后就没再学德语。◆Drop everything and come at once.放下所有事情赶快来。◆Look, can we just drop it (= stop talking about it)?喂，这事能不能就谈到这儿？◆I think we'd better drop the subject.我认为我们最好不要再谈这个话题。◆The police decided to drop the charges against her.警方决定撤回对她的指控。■ abandon [transitive] (rather formal) to stop doing sth, especially before it is finished; to stop having sth 中止；放弃；不再有◆They were forced to abandon the game because of rain.因为下雨，他们被迫中止了比赛。◆We had to abandon any further attempt at negotiation.我们不得不放弃进一步谈判的任何尝试。■ quit (quitting, quit, quit; BrE also quitting, quitted, quitted) [transitive, intransitive] (especially NAmE, informal) to stop doing sth 停止；放弃◆I'm still trying to quit smoking.我仍在尝试着戒烟。◆Just quit it!就此罢手吧！◆We only just started. We're not going to quit now.我们才刚刚开始，现在还不打算放弃。■ discontinue [transitive] (formal) to stop doing, using or providing sth, especially sth that you have been doing, using or providing regularly 停止，终止，中断（尤指一直在做、使用或提供的事物）◆It was decided to discontinue the treatment after three months.三个月后决定终止治疗。■ ˌleave ˈoff phrasal verb (left, left) (informal) to stop doing sth, especially temporarily （尤指暂时地）停止，中断◆Start reading from where you left off last time.就从你上次停下来的地方接着读。■ ˌknock ˈoff■ ˌknock ˈoff sth phrasal verb (informal) to stop doing sth, especially work 停止，中断（尤指工作）◆Do you want to knock off early today?今天你想早点收工吗？◆What time do you knock off work?你什么时候下班？■ ˌpack sth ˈin phrasal verb (informal) to stop doing sth 停止（做某事）◆She decided to pack in her job.她决定辞职不干了。◆ (especially BrE) Pack it in (= stop behaving badly or annoying me), you two!别闹了，你们俩！NOTE 辨析 Which word? Give up, quit, leave off, knock off and pack sth in are all informal ways of saying 'stop doing sth'. Knock off is usually used about work, when you stop work at the end of the day or for a short time. Leave off is also usually used when you stop sth temporarily and expect to start again later. If you give up/quit work you leave your job and don't get another one. You can't ◆pack in work but you can give up/quit/pack in your job which means you leave your job and either get another one or do sth else such as start your own business or travel around the world. Work can also cease or be abandoned if a whole group of people working on a project decides or is told to stop. * give up、quit、leave off、knock off和pack sth in都是停止做某事的非正式说法。knock off通常指下班或暂停工作；leave off通常也指暂时停止做某事，而且预计以后会接着做；give up/quit work则表示离职而尚未找到其他工作。不说pack in work，但可以说give up/quit/pack in your job，意思是离职后有另一份工作或做别的事情，比如自己创业或周游世界。cease或be abandoned以work作主语时，表示从事某个项目的全体人员决定或奉命停止该项目◆Work on redeveloping the site has ceased / been abandoned.对该地点的再开发工作已经停止／放弃。If work ceases it may start again later; if it is abandoned it probably will not. Stop can be used with work in any of these ways. * cease表示工作有可能再开始，be abandoned则表示很可能不再开始。stop与work连用有下述几种用法◆What time do you stop / knock off work today?今天你什么时候下班／收工？◆She stopped / gave up / quit work when she had the baby.她生孩子后就停止／放弃／辞去了工作。◆Work on the project has stopped / ceased / been abandoned.这个项目的工作已经停止／放弃。 |