bring somebody/something to their knees

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbring somebody/something to their kneesbring somebody/something to their kneesa) BEAT/DEFEATto defeat a country or group of people in a war The bombing was supposed to bring the country to its knees. b) HARM/BE BAD FORto have such a bad effect on an organization, activity etc that it cannot continue SYN cripple The recession has brought many companies to their knees. → kneeExamples from the Corpusbring somebody/something to their knees• The recession has brought many companies to their knees.• He yelled for union solidarity to support the strike and to bring management to their knees, but to no avail.

单词	bring somebody/something to their knees
释义	bring somebody/something to their knees From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbring somebody/something to their kneesbring somebody/something to their kneesa) BEAT/DEFEATto defeat a country or group of people in a war The bombing was supposed to bring the country to its knees. b) HARM/BE BAD FORto have such a bad effect on an organization, activity etc that it cannot continue SYN cripple The recession has brought many companies to their knees. → kneeExamples from the Corpusbring somebody/something to their knees• The recession has brought many companies to their knees.• He yelled for union solidarity to support the strike and to bring management to their knees, but to no avail.
随便看	drive something home drive something into something drive something ↔ down drive something ↔ up drive through drive to drive to desperation drive to distraction drive to distraction drive to do drive to do drive to do something drive up drive up store drive up the out of their mind drive up the wall of their mind drive up window drive wild drive yourself drive yourself into the ground drive-by drive-by killing drive-by shooting drive-by shooting/killing low-income