down for the count

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Decisively beaten; defeated; rendered irrelevant for the long term. idiomatic,not-comparable
    — As the company grew, one after another of its smaller competitors ended up down for the count.
  2. Soundly unconscious, either because asleep or because otherwise knocked out. figuratively,not-comparable
    — A: Look at him, he's out like a light! B: Yeah, he had a long day! And now he's down for the count.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see down, for, the, count: lying upon the mat of a boxing ring while the referee counts the fighter out. not-comparable
    — Liston was down for the count more than once before rising up to regain command of the fight.

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The figurative senses are extended from the literal one.
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