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錘子;榔頭
A hammer is a tool that consists of a heavy piece of metal at the end of a handle. It is used, for example, to hit nails into a piece of wood or a wall, or to break things into pieces.
例句
He used a hammer and chisel to chip away at the wall.
他用榔頭和鑿子鏟墻。
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VERB
用錘擊;錘打
If you hammer an object such as a nail, you hit it with a hammer.
例句
To avoid damaging the tree, hammer a wooden peg into the hole...
為了不毀壞樹，用錘子將一個木栓釘進洞里。
Builders were still hammering outside the window.
建筑工人仍在窗外敲敲打打。
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VERB
（反復）敲打
If you hammer on a surface, you hit it several times in order to make a noise, or to emphasize something you are saying when you are angry.
例句
We had to hammer and shout before they would open up...
我們不停地拍門、叫喊，他們才開了門。
A crowd of reporters was hammering on the door...
一群記者正在砰砰地拍打著大門。
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VERB
強行灌輸;反復強調
If you hammer something such as an idea into people or you hammer at it, you keep repeating it forcefully so that it will have an effect on people.
例句
He hammered it into me that I had not suddenly become a rotten goalkeeper...
他反復告訴我，我并沒有一下子變成個差勁的守門員。
Recent advertising campaigns from the industry have hammered at these themes.
該行業最近的廣告宣傳活動一直在反復強調這些主題。
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VERB
猛烈攻擊;大力批評;嚴厲懲罰
If you say that someone hammers another person, you mean that they attack, criticize, or punish the other person severely.
例句
The report hammers the private motorist...
該報告嚴詞譴責了那個私家車司機。
If we turned up late we would be hammered by everybody.
如果我們遲到，就會遭到大家的聲討。
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V-PASSIVE
（因稅收政策變化、經濟不景氣等）使（企業）受到打擊
If you say that businesses are being hammered, you mean that they are being unfairly harmed, for example by a change in taxes or by bad economic conditions.
例句
Look at the numbers of small businesses that are being hammered unmercifully...
看看有多少小企業正在遭受無情的打擊。
The company has been hammered by the downturn in the construction and motor industries.
公司因建筑和汽車行業的衰退而受到了沖擊。
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VERB
（在體育比賽中）使慘敗，大敗
In sports, if you say that one player or team hammered another, you mean that the first player or team defeated the second completely and easily.
例句
He hammered the young Austrian player in four straight sets.
他直落4局輕取年輕的奧地利對手。
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VERB
（通常指因恐懼而心臟）快速跳動
If someone's heart is hammering, it is beating very fast, usually because they are frightened.
例句
My heart was hammering. The footsteps had stopped outside my door.
我的心怦怦直跳。腳步聲已停在我的門外。
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N-COUNT
（機械設備中的）錘狀物;（槍上的）擊鐵;(鋼琴的）音槌
In machines and instruments, a hammer is a part that hits another part. For example, in a gun the hammer causes the explosion which makes the bullet shoot out of it, and in a piano the hammers hit the strings and cause the sounds.
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（田徑運動中所擲的）鏈球
In athletics, a hammer is a heavy weight on a piece of wire, which the athlete throws as far as possible.
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PHRASE
滿腔熱情地;勁頭十足地
If you say that someone was going at something hammer and tongs, you mean that they were doing it with great enthusiasm or energy.
例句
He loved gardening. He went at it hammer and tongs as soon as he got back from work...
他酷愛侍弄花草。只要下班一回到家，他就興沖沖地忙活起來。
They yell, shout and argue. For six hours a night they go at it, hammer and tongs.
他們又叫又喊又吵，每晚都要樂此不疲地鬧騰6個小時。
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PHRASE
被拍賣
If you say that something goes, comes, or is under the hammer, you mean that it is going to be sold at an auction.
例句
Ian Fleming's original unpublished notes are to go under the hammer at London auctioneers Sotheby's.
伊恩·弗萊明未出版的原版筆記將在倫敦的蘇富比拍賣行進行拍賣。