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大樓；大廈
A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
例句
...blocks of council flats.
一棟棟市政公寓大樓
...a white-painted apartment block.
一棟漆成白色的公寓大樓
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街區
A block in a town is an area of land with streets on all its sides.
例句
She walked four blocks down High Street...
她沿著商業大街走了4個街區。
He walked around the block three times.
他繞著這個街區轉了3圈。
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（長方形）塊，大塊
A block of a substance is a large rectangular piece of it.
例句
...a block of ice.
一大塊冰
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阻塞，堵塞（道路、管道等）
To block a road, channel, or pipe means to put an object across it or in it so that nothing can pass through it or along it.
例句
Some students today blocked a highway that cuts through the center of the city...
今天一些學生堵塞了一條貫穿市中心的公路。
When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream...
一旦養蝦場建起來，將會截斷這條河流。
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擋住，遮住（視線）
If something blocks your view, it prevents you from seeing something because it is between you and that thing.
例句
...a row of spruce trees that blocked his view of the long north slope of the mountain.
一排云杉擋住了他的視線，使他看不到這座山綿長的北坡
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堵住，阻擋，擋住（去路）
If you block someone's way, you prevent them from going somewhere or entering a place by standing in front of them.
例句
I started to move round him, but he blocked my way...
我準備繞過他，但他擋住了我。
Mr Calder tried to leave the shop but the police officer blocked his path.
考爾德先生想離開商店，但是那位警員攔住了他。
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阻撓；阻止；妨礙
If you block something that is being arranged, you prevent it from being done.
例句
For years the country has tried to block imports of various cheap foreign products...
多年來，這個國家一直竭力阻撓各種廉價外國產品的進口。
His persistent attempts to complain to his superiors were blocked and ignored.
他一再試圖向上級投訴，但都被擋了回來并置之不理。
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（體育運動中）攔截，阻截（進球、對手等）
In some sports, if a player blocks a shot or kick, they stop the ball reaching its target. If one player blocks another, the first stops the second from reaching or moving with the ball.
例句
In the final seconds, Gunn goalie Kevin Cantwell blocked two shots.
在最后的幾秒鐘，甘恩隊的守門員凱文·坎特維爾撲出了兩次射門。
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（尤指按特定順序同時售出的）大量，大批，大套（票、股票等）
A block of something such as tickets or shares is a large quantity of them, especially when they are all sold at the same time and are in a particular sequence or order.
例句
Those booking a block of seats get them at reduced rates.
團體訂座可享受折扣價。
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（短時間的）思維停滯，思維中斷
If you have a mental block or a block, you are temporarily unable to do something that you can normally do which involves using, thinking about, or remembering something.
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冒著敗壞名聲的風險；拿名譽（或地位）做賭注
If someone lays their head on the block, or puts their head on the block, they are risking their reputation or position by taking a particular course of action.
例句
The Chancellor, by his unusual statement, has put his head on the block.
這位總理冒著丟烏紗帽的風險發表了一份非同尋常的聲明。