例句-1:I think I'll go and knock around in California. Hit the beach, maybe a little surfing, you know. Just take it easy, maybe spend some time at Disneyland.
例句-2:I'm ordering in lunch for our writers and artists so we can take some time to knock around some ideas for TV ads for this new soap they say is so good for a woman's skin.
例句-3:Joe, I'm going to knock off work early this afternoon. Last night I worked overtime to put a new engine in that old white car and didn't knock off until nine o'clock.
例句-4:The woman really has a talent. She can knock off a new book at least once a year and we can count on it to be a best-seller.
他说:那位女士确实有才气。她一年至少能完成一部新书,而且还必然畅销。
这里的knock off是轻而易举地完成。
我们再学一个习惯用语: the school of hard knocks。这里的school可不是什么提供正规教育的学校,而是指从实践的磕磕碰碰中成长,从现实的锤炼中成功。例如下面说话的人很小双亲就去世了,没留下一分钱,但是他勤奋、勇往直前,终于升上一家大公司的领导职位。我们来听听是什么样的学校把他教育成才的:
例句-5:I had to go to work when I was twelve, so the only school I graduated from was the school of hard knocks. But I worked my head off and learned from my mistakes and I did just fine.