Loyal Mac users have long argued that Windows was a knock-off of Apple's original operating system.
忠诚的Mac用户长期争辩说，Windows是复制苹果最初的操作系统。
But some academics now think it is possible to make cheap, knock-off versions of these expensive originals.
但是一些学术界人士认为现在可以制造这些昂贵正版的廉价复制品。
Now, the term refers to all manner of knock-off, substandard or improvised goods, such as these makeshift vehicles.
现在这个词指代仿制品、不合格产品或简易制品，如改装汽车等。
Is Lucien Pellat-Finet's skull-studded version of a Chanel knit jacket brilliantly tongue-in-chic or a knock-off?
Lucien Pellat - Finet设计的香奈尔针织夹克骷髅扣版是相当别致还是败笔呢？
After the knock-off bell, workers came up from the mining pits.
打过下班铃后，井下的工人们就从坑口上来了。
Alibaba is also facing a lawsuit from several international luxury brands accusing the company of not policing the sale of knock-off products on its site.
阿里目前同样也面临着来自于好几个国际奢侈品品牌的诉讼，它们指责阿里没有监管其网站上假冒伪劣产品的销售。
Luxury companies are not the only party involved in the campaign against the knock-off producers. China's electronic business platforms also do their bit.
在打击赝品生产商活动方面，不只有奢侈品公司参与其中，中国的电商平台也加入其中。
Shanzhai: Originally referred to the mountain strongholds of bandits. Now, the term refers to all manner of knock-off, substandard or improvised goods, such as these makeshift vehicles.
山寨：原意是强盗占领的山头。现在这个词指代仿制品、不合格产品或简易制品，如改装汽车等。
It's easy to knock off the tasks on a list; it's hard to cope with that sense of having far too much work and nowhere near enough time.
从清单上去掉几项内容很简单，但是应付有很多工作要做又时间不够的感觉却不容易。
While it lasted, he got them interested in a new device. This was to knock off being pirates, for a while, and be indians for a change.
趁着这股劲儿，他又使他们对一种新式玩法产生了兴趣，这就是大家暂时放弃当海盗，改扮成印第安人，换换口味。
Hey, when you drink brick tea, all you need is to knock off a small chunk and steep it in the water.
嗨，喝这种砖茶的时候，要根据需要敲一小块下来，然后再放到水里泡。
As a check, the researchers sequenced the DNA from some of the flourishing spots (a Mycoplasma genome is the sort of thing a modern sequencing set-up can knock off before its morning coffee).
作为一种检测，研究人员在一些繁殖茂盛的斑点处对DNA测序(支原体基因组这种东西现代测序技术可以在早晨喝完咖啡前搞定)。
A salesperson will be more motivated to knock off extra dollars on an item that has been on the sales floor for two seasons compared to something that has just arrived.
与那些新品相比，售货员更愿意把折扣给那些已经挂了两季的物品。
Scientists would like to prevent something like that from happening in the future, but it would take time to figure out how to best knock an incoming asteroid off its collision course.
科学家希望能够防止今后发生类似的事件，但要弄清楚如何才能最好地阻断小行星碰撞地球的过程，还需要一定的时间。
Things like iPods you just have to knock off the list, but birds in the trees around my kitchen have become my new iPod.
像iPod这类东西，我直接从清单上划去，不过，在我厨房四周林间的鸟儿成了我新的iPod。
He arrived with one overriding ambition, which was to knock Liverpool off its pedestal.
初来乍到的弗格森就立下一个压到一切的目标：把利物浦从王座上拖下来。
The OECD now reckons that the fallout from the financial crisis will, on average, knock some 3% off rich countries’ potential output.
OECD现在认为，金融危机的附带效果将会使富裕国家的潜在产出平均下降3%。
Once Endris was back in his Marina apartment, he began having a recurring nightmare: the great white shark plowing through the water, about to knock him off his board.
当Endris回到他在码头的公寓时，就开始连环的噩梦：大白鲨在水中翻腾，要把他从冲浪板上打下来。
Analysts say the power shortage could knock 0.2% to 0.5% off GDP growth this quarter. Next quarter, the effect will be much greater.
分析家认为电荒会使得本季度的GDP增长减少0.2%到0.5%，下个季度可能会更严重。
The day before Thanksgiving is generally a dull time in American offices, as workers lackadaisically shove papers around their desks until it is time to knock off early for the holiday.
在美国，11月23号，本周三，也就是感恩节的前一天，对工作一族来说，十分无聊。他们待在办公室里，推开桌上的文件，无精打采地消耗着时间，盼望节日早点到来。
So, I used to knock sponge balls off the wall till my mum got fed upwith it and got us a Swingball for the back garden.
那么，我过去经常对着墙打海绵球，直到我妈不耐烦了，给我们弄来了摇摆球，放在后院里。
Don't try to knock off a few tasks while eating or bathing.
不要企图在吃饭或洗澡的时候完成一些其他的任务。
Say, Charlie, do you know it 's already six o 'clock? Timeto knock off. We can finish painting this room tomorrow.
我说呀，查理，你知道现在已经六点钟了吗？该停工啦。我们可以明天来把这间房间粉刷完。
Some critics here say the focus on prices has led to a decline in creativity as artists knock off variations of their best-known work rather than exploring new territory.
一些评论家说对价格的关注已经导致了创造力的衰退，因为艺术家们宁可对自己的知名作品稍作修改，也不愿意再开拓新的领域。
And don't worry if you're less than perfect at first; you'll still knock off major calories, plus get better every time you spin.
第一次没做到很好也不用担心，你依然在消耗卡路里，何况每次转动时会越发熟练。
Fiscal policy was already on course to knock 1.4 points off growth, as last year's payroll-tax cut and extension to unemployment benefits reach their expiry date.
由于去年的工资减税和增加失业救济金政策截止日期将至，财政政策对GDP增长的影响，此前预计已达1.4个百分点。
This unit produced an underlying pre-tax loss of $7 billion in 2008--a couple more years like that would knock a sixth or so off HSBC’s core capital.
消费信贷业务在2008年发生了70亿美金税前损失 — 如果这种态势再持续几年，将会将汇丰的核心资本减少六分之一。
This was to knock off being pirates, for a while, and be Indians for a change.
这就是暂时停止当海盗，改行当印第安人。
This was to knock off being pirates, for a while, and be Indians for a change.
这就是暂时停止当海盗，改行当印第安人。
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