1. knock off 將···擊打掉

例句：Think, for a moment about wearing headgear like that into battle would mean the horns are just easy targets for your opponent to hit and knock off your helmet.
想想看，戴著那樣的頭飾去打仗，角只是敵人容易打擊的目標(biāo)，很容易打掉你的頭盔。

2. made up 編造

例句：So we can safely assume the story is false. Just as with the Vikings, again, poets and artists are to blame, who made up the tale long after Lady Godiva's death.
所以我們可以有把握的假設(shè)這故事是捏造的。就像維京人的故事，又一次的，要怪到詩(shī)人和藝術(shù)家頭上，他們?cè)贕odiva夫人過(guò)世許久之后，編造了這傳說(shuō)。

3. decadence from within 內(nèi)部衰敗

例句：Ah, the Roman Empire, so great and powerful, but corrupted by decadence from within.
啊，羅馬帝國(guó)，那么的偉大且強(qiáng)大，但卻因內(nèi)部的衰敗而腐化。

4.mix up 混淆，分不清

例句：But Columbus's size estimate was wrong, again, just like Napoleon's height, because of mixed up units.
但哥倫布的大小估算錯(cuò)了，又一次的，就像是拿破侖的身高，因?yàn)榛煜说膯挝弧?br />