knock off

停止做某事； 下班； 匆匆完成； 减少； 抢劫； 复制

What time do you knock off work?(你什么时候下班？)

But some academics now think it is possible to make cheap, knock-off versions of these expensive originals.(但是一些学术界人士认为现在可以制造这些昂贵正版的廉价复制品。)

This was to knock off being pirates, for a while, and be Indians for a change.(这就是暂时停止当海盗，改行当印第安人。)

Things like iPods you just have to knock off the list, but birds in the trees around my kitchen have become my new iPod.(像iPod这类东西，我直接从清单上划去，不过，在我厨房四周林间的鸟儿成了我新的iPod。)

The downmarket German press has been asking why Germans should work until 69 to fund the retirement of Greek public-sector workers who (supposedly) knock off at 55.(针对主流大众的德国媒体已经被问到为什么德国的退休年龄要到69岁，而希腊公共事业的员工只到55岁。)

Let's knock off for a cup of tea.(歇会儿，喝杯茶。)

If the Mavs could knock off Miami just one more time, they'd win the title that had long eluded Nowitzki, a 13-year veteran.(钱德勒说如果这次小牛队能再次打败迈阿密，那么诺维茨基将赢得等待13年的总冠军。)

Can I knock off half an hour earlier?(我可以提前半小时下班吗？)

So if we were to 'reset' the world of wealth, we should just knock off about a third.(因此，如果要我们“重新设定”富人世界，我们应该直接减掉三分之一左右。)

Handaxes are not things you knock off; they are the result of experience, of careful planning and of skill, learned and refined over a long period.(石斧可不是你乱凿一通就可以整出来的东西，它们可是经验的成果，凝结着精心设计与高超技艺，这些都得通过一段相当长期的学习与提升。)

verb

1. stop pursuing or acting

e.g. drop a lawsuit
knock it off!

Synonym: drop

2. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

e.g. The mafia liquidated the informer
the double agent was neutralized

Synonym: neutralizeneutraliseliquidatewastedo in

3. write quickly

e.g. She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper
He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess

Synonym: dash offscratch offtoss offfling off

4. take by theft

e.g. Someone snitched my wallet!

Synonym: hooksnitchthievecopglom

5. cut the price of

Synonym: shave

1. 使减少；使降低
To knock off an amount from a price, time, or level means to reduce it by that amount.

e.g. Udinese have knocked 10% off admission prices...
乌迪内斯队将入场费降低了10%。
e.g. He has knocked 10 seconds off the world record...
他将世界纪录缩短了10秒。

2. 从（名单或文件中）删除
If you knock something off a list or document, you remove it.

e.g. Tighter rules for benefit entitlement have knocked many people off the unemployment register.
更为严格的救济金申领规定将很多人剔除出了失业登记表。

3. 偷
If someone knocks something off, they steal it.

knock off的解释

e.g. Cars can be stolen almost as easily as knocking off a bike.
偷汽车几乎能和偷自行车一样容易。

4. 偷；盗
To knock off a house, factory, or shop means to break into it and steal money or property.

e.g. ...two nervous teenagers knocking off a cafe?
两个紧张不安的青少年抢了一家咖啡馆？

5. 下班；收工
When you knock off, you finish work at the end of the day or before a break.

e.g. If I get this report finished I'll knock off early...
如果我写完这篇报告，我就会早点下班。
e.g. What time do you knock off?
你什么时间下班？

6. 杀死
If someone knocks someone else off, they kill them.

knock off

e.g. He had many motives for wanting to knock off Yvonne...
他有很多杀伊冯娜的动机。
e.g. People don't just knock one another off like this unless there's big money at stake.
如果不是为了冒险赚大钱，人们不会像这样彼此残杀。