1.knock down 击倒;拆卸
The angry man knocked him down.
那个愤怒无比的人将他击倒了 。
I carelessly knocked the chair down.
我不小心将椅子撞倒了 。
2.political culture 政治文化
An intriguing feature of this theme is its dual critique of our recent political culture.
这一主题的最令人兴奋的特点是其对于当下政治文化的双重批评 。
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,我们的政治文化已经变了,变成了如今的一边蔑视知识,却赞扬愚蠢;而另一边半蹲下身,装作一副基本同意的姿态 。