1 N-COUNT [oft poss NOUN] 膝;膝盖;膝关节 Your knee is the place where your leg bends. 膝;膝盖;膝关节
2 N-COUNT [oft on NOUN] (坐下时)大腿朝上的面 If something or someone is on your knee or on your knees, they are resting or sitting on the upper part of your legs when you are sitting down. (坐下时)大腿朝上的面
3 N-COUNT (裤子的)膝部 The knee on a piece of clothing is the part that covers your knee. (裤子的)膝部
4 N-PLURAL [usu on/to N] 膝部 If you are on your knees, your legs are bent and your knees are on the ground. 膝部
5 VERB 用膝盖顶 If you knee someone, you hit them using your knee. 用膝盖顶
6 PHRASE 摧毁;使瘫痪 If a country or organization is brought to its knees, it is almost completely destroyed by someone or something. 摧毁;使瘫痪
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The country was being brought to its knees by the loss of 2.4 million manufacturing jobs.
该国因制造业丧失了240万个就业机会而遭到严重打击。
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Our aim is to bring this government to its knees, to force it to the negotiating table.
我们的目标是使该政府屈服,迫使它走上谈判桌。
Word Partnership | Use knee with: |
N. | knee injury 1 |
ADJ. | left/right knee 1 |
VERB. | bend your knees, knees buckle 1 fall on your knees 4 |
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