隨著世界盃小組賽進入第二輪, 陸續有球隊被淘汰出局, “出局”英語怎麼說?
▶Cristiano Ronaldo continued his sensational start to the World Cup with the winner as Portugalknocked Morocco out ofthe tournament.
C羅繼續他在世界盃的精彩開場, 葡萄牙將摩洛哥從世界盃中淘汰出局。
knock out v. “淘汰”
knock sb./sth.out of sth. “將……從……中淘汰”
knockout n. “(拳擊比賽中的)擊倒對手”, 也就是我們常說的KO;還有“淘汰賽”的意思。
▶Morocco became the first team tobe eliminated fromthis one with one Group B game to go.
摩洛哥成為第一支在小組賽中出局的球隊。
eliminate “淘汰”, 常用被動態
be eliminated from sth. “從…..中被淘汰”
▶Cristiano Ronaldo scores fourth goal of World Cup after just four minutes tosend Morocco packing.
C羅在4分鐘後打進世界盃第四球, 這讓摩洛哥出局。
send sb. packing “打發……離開”, 讓摩洛哥打包行李, 用在這裡就表示讓摩洛哥出局。