Knacker
n. 屠马业者, 收买废屋船业者\\nv. 杀死, 使筋疲力尽
📖 牛津释义
knacker
n
1 person who buys and slaughters useless horses to sell the meat and hides 购买并屠杀无用的马的人（为卖马肉和皮）.
2 person who buys and breaks up old buildings, etc to sell the materials in them 收买并拆除旧建筑物等以售其材料的人.
knacker v [Tn]
(Brit sl 俚) exhaust (sb); wear out 使（某人）筋疲力尽
All this hard work is knackering me. 所有这些艰巨的工作把我累得筋疲力尽.
🗣️ 情景例句
I've got to call a caterer.
我应该给宴会承办者打一个电话。
We can dispense with that today but not tomorrow.
今天虽然可以把它免除，但是明天可就不行了。
and to exercise such initiative as falls within their sphere,
在各自的工作范围内发挥主动性，