knockout punch/blow

informal

a) a hard hit that knocks someone down so that they cannot get up again 击倒对手的一拳

b) an action or event that causes defeat or failure 导致失败的行动[事件]

High interest rates have been a knockout blow to the business.

高利率对该企业构成了致命打击。

Examples from the Corpus

knockout punch/blow• But the new West Indies proved encouragingly resilient, repeatedly getting up off the canvas to deliver the final knockout punch.• Great passing; good running, but they lacked a knockout punch.• That seven eighty-one was like a knockout punch.• The business was reeling from what appeared to have been the knockout punch.• He may not have a knockout punch, but he does have good moves all the way to the bell.• It was a knockout punch of which Indurain, Hinault or Merckx would have been proud.• And then, as if to deliver the knockout blow to his scheme, the phone rang.• If people will use the vaccine available, it is possible to give paralytic polio a knockout blow within the next year.

→ knockout punch/blow at knockout2(1)

单词	knockout punch/blow
释义	knockout punch/blow knockout punch/blow informal a) a hard hit that knocks someone down so that they cannot get up again 击倒对手的一拳 b) an action or event that causes defeat or failure 导致失败的行动[事件] High interest rates have been a knockout blow to the business. 高利率对该企业构成了致命打击。 Examples from the Corpus knockout punch/blow• But the new West Indies proved encouragingly resilient, repeatedly getting up off the canvas to deliver the final knockout punch.• Great passing; good running, but they lacked a knockout punch.• That seven eighty-one was like a knockout punch.• The business was reeling from what appeared to have been the knockout punch.• He may not have a knockout punch, but he does have good moves all the way to the bell.• It was a knockout punch of which Indurain, Hinault or Merckx would have been proud.• And then, as if to deliver the knockout blow to his scheme, the phone rang.• If people will use the vaccine available, it is possible to give paralytic polio a knockout blow within the next year. → knockout punch/blow at knockout2(1)
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