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hammer home
Translationshammer (ˈhӕmə) noun1. a tool with a heavy usually metal head, used for driving nails into wood, breaking hard substances etc. a joiner's hammer. 榔頭, 錘子 榔头，锤子 2. the part of a bell, piano, clock etc that hits against some other part, so making a noise. 音槌 小槌子，音槌 3. in sport, a metal ball on a long steel handle for throwing. 鏈球 链球 verb1. to hit, beat, break etc (something) with a hammer. He hammered the nail into the wood. 錘打 锤打2. to teach a person (something) with difficulty, by repetition. Grammar was hammered into us at school. 重覆灌輸(難懂的知識) 重复灌输give (someone) a hammering to hammer (= beat) (a person). His father gave him a hammering for stealing. 痛打(某人)一頓 痛打（某人）一顿 hammer home to make great efforts to make a person realize. We'll have to hammer home to them the importance of secrecy. 盡力讓某人瞭解 力求使某人认识到hammer out to produce (an agreement etc) with a great deal of effort and discussion. to hammer out a solution. 推敲出 推敲出hammer home
hammer (something) homeTo make something extremely clear; to make someone understand or realize something, especially through forceful repetition. (Can also be constructed as "hammer home (something).") John hammers their financial difficulties home whenever his wife suggests they buy something new. He needs to hammer home the fact that she was cleared of all charges before the election began.See also: hammer, homehammer something homeFig. to try extremely hard to make someone understand or realize something. The boss hopes to hammer the firm's poor financial position home to the staff. I tried to hammer home to Anne the fact that she would have to get a job.See also: hammer, homedrive/hammer something ˈhome (to somebody) make sure that somebody understands something completely, for example by repeating it often: The instructor tried to drive home to us the need for safety precautions before diving. ♢ Police used statistics to hammer home their warning about car theft.See also: drive, hammer, home, somethingEncyclopediaSeehomeHamman Ham·man (ham'ăn), Louis, U.S. physician, 1877-1946. See: Hamman disease, Hamman murmur, Hamman sign, Hamman syndrome, Hamman-Rich syndrome. FinancialSeeHammer |