strike down

• 动词短语，表示击倒某人、取消或废除法律规则，或使突然死亡或患病。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of knocking someone down, invalidating a law or rule, or causing sudden death or illness.

不可数 · 不规则动词 · 及物 · 短语动词，可分

1. To cause death or serious illnessformal

   To kill or severely affect someone, often suddenly, with a disease or illness.

   击倒

   • The plague struck down thousands of people in the Middle Ages.
   • He was struck down by a sudden heart attack.
   • The disease struck down the entire herd of cattle.

   同义词afflictcut downfellkillslaysmite

   反义词resurrectrevive

2. To invalidate or overturnformal

   To declare a law, rule, or decision as invalid, especially by a court.

   撤销或判定无效

   • The Supreme Court struck down the controversial law.
   • The judge struck down the motion as unconstitutional.
   • The new regulation was struck down by the appeals court.

   同义词abrogateannulinvalidatenullifyoverruleoverturnquashrescindreverserevokeset asidevoid

   反义词affirmratifysustainupholdvalidate

3. To knock someone downinformal

   To hit someone so hard that they fall to the ground.

   击倒

   • The boxer struck down his opponent with a powerful punch.
   • The car struck down the pedestrian crossing the street.
   • He was struck down by a stray branch during the storm.

   同义词bowl overdeckfellfloorknock downknock overlay outprostrate

基本动词strike