1、apparently

据说；未必真实地

Apparently the girls are not at all amused by the whole business.

据说女孩们觉得整件事情一点也不好笑。

Oil prices fell this week to their lowest level in fourteen months, apparently because of over-production.

据说因为产量过剩，这个星期石油价格跌至14个月以来的最低点。

好像;似乎;看来

The recent deterioration has been caused by an apparently endless recession.

看似永无止境的经济衰退导致了最近的恶化。

Rudolph said no more. Apparently he was a man of few words.

鲁道夫没再说话。看来他是个寡言少语的人。

2、knock off

使减少；使降低

Udinese have knocked 10% off admission prices.

乌迪内斯队将入场费降低了10%。

He has knocked 10 seconds off the world record.

他将世界纪录缩短了10秒。

下班；收工

If I get this report finished I'll knock off early.

如果我写完这篇报告，我就会早点下班。

What time do you knock off?

你什么时间下班？

从（名单或文件中）删除

Tighter rules for benefit entitlement have knocked many people off the unemployment register.

更为严格的救济金申领规定将很多人剔除出了失业登记表。