干完; 吃完; 击倒; 除掉
polish off
ph.
1. He polished off the meal and hurried out.
他匆匆吃完饭,就冲出去了。
1. 草草做完:polis 城邦 | polish off 草草做完 | polish up 改善
2. polish off的解释
2. (飞快地)完成:polish vt. 磨光,擦亮n. 擦光剂,上光蜡 | polish off (飞快地)完成 | lubrication n. 润滑
3. 吃光:peck at 吃得很少 | polish off 吃光 | toss off 喝光
4. 吃掉:thrill: 激动 | polish off: 吃掉 | in short order: 短期内;迅速地
1. 吃(或喝)光;吃(或喝)完
If you polish off food or drink, you eat or drink all of it, or finish it.
e.g. No matter what he is offered to eat he polishes it off in an instant...
不管给他吃什么,他都能眨眼就下肚。
e.g. He polished off his scotch and slammed the glass down.
他一仰脖喝完苏格兰威士忌,砰的一声把杯子放下。
2. (尤指在体育运动中)击败,战胜
If you polish off an opponent, especially in sports, you beat them.
e.g. He polished off his opponents 21-2, 21-8 and 21-8...
他以21比2、21比8和21比8直落三局击败了对手。
e.g. South Africa resume this morning on 278 for seven and England could well polish them off first thing.
南非队今天上午以278分7人出局继续比赛,英格兰队应该很容易就能击败他们。
verb
1. finish a task completely
e.g. I finally got through this homework assignment
Synonym: get throughwrap upfinish offmop upclear upfinish up
2. finish eating all the food on one''s plate or on the table
e.g. She polished off the remaining potatoes
3. kill intentionally and with premeditation
e.g. The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered