1.knock down 擊倒;拆卸
The angry man knocked him down.
那個憤怒無比的人將他擊倒了 。
I carelessly knocked the chair down.
我不小心將椅子撞倒了 。
2.political culture 政治文化
An intriguing feature of this theme is its dual critique of our recent political culture.
這一主題的最令人興奮的特點是其對于當下政治文化的雙重批評 。
Yet what we have instead is a political culture in which one side sneers at knowledge and exalts ignorance, while the other side hunkers down and pretends to halfway agree.
然而,我們的政治文化已經變了,變成了如今的一邊蔑視知識,卻贊揚愚蠢;而另一邊半蹲下身,裝作一副基本同意的姿態 。