strike down
phrasal verbstrike somebody down [usually passive]
- (of a disease, etc.
疾病等 摧垮；使病倒；使丧命 - He was struck down by cancer at the age of thirty.
他三十岁那年被癌症夺去了性命。 - He was struck down with food poisoning.
他因食物中毒卧床不起。
- He was struck down by cancer at the age of thirty.
- to hit somebody very hard, so that they fall to the ground
击倒，撞倒（某人）
strike something down
- (especially North American English) to decide that a law is illegal and should not apply
取消，撤销（法规） - The Supreme Court struck down a Texas state law.
最高法院撤销了得克萨斯州的一条法律。 - The law was struck down as unconstitutional.
这项法律因违宪而被否决。
- The Supreme Court struck down a Texas state law.