bloc

Related topics: Groupings

bloc /blɒk $ blɑːk/ noun [countableC usually singular] → block

PPGa large group of people or countries with the same political aims, working together 集团，阵营

the former Soviet bloc

前苏联阵营

→ en bloc

Examples from the Corpus

bloc• And of course we have to maintain friendships with all blocs.• Yet that is precisely the aim of the substantial anti-environment bloc Republicans have assembled in Congress.• Formation of regional party bloc Five regional autonomy parties moved towards forming a political bloc under the leadership of the Lombardy League.• The government sold a controlling 35 percent bloc of shares to a group led by Telefonica de Espana in March 1994.• Yet racial, national, and religious power blocs have always been integral to how power is wielded in this nation.• But in class terms it marked a split within the ruling bloc, not the totalizing rupture from without that repealers claimed.• And most of the money coming in was offset by spending on imports into the bloc.• Regional trade blocs Rather than act independently, many developing countries have tried to increase their competitiveness by forming regional trade blocs.

From Longman Business Dictionary

blocbloc /blɒkblɑːk/ noun [countableC]

1ECONOMICS a group of countries, usually with the same economic system, who have an official trading agreement with each other

negotiations for the incorporation of Mexico into a trade bloc with the USA

2a group of countries or people who have been united together for a particular political purpose

the former Eastern bloc

Origin bloc

(1900-2000) French Old French; → BLOCK1

单词	bloc
释义	bloc Related topics: Groupings bloc /blɒk $ blɑːk/ noun [countableC usually singular] → block PPGa large group of people or countries with the same political aims, working together 集团，阵营 the former Soviet bloc 前苏联阵营 → en bloc Examples from the Corpus bloc• And of course we have to maintain friendships with all blocs.• Yet that is precisely the aim of the substantial anti-environment bloc Republicans have assembled in Congress.• Formation of regional party bloc Five regional autonomy parties moved towards forming a political bloc under the leadership of the Lombardy League.• The government sold a controlling 35 percent bloc of shares to a group led by Telefonica de Espana in March 1994.• Yet racial, national, and religious power blocs have always been integral to how power is wielded in this nation.• But in class terms it marked a split within the ruling bloc, not the totalizing rupture from without that repealers claimed.• And most of the money coming in was offset by spending on imports into the bloc.• Regional trade blocs Rather than act independently, many developing countries have tried to increase their competitiveness by forming regional trade blocs. From Longman Business Dictionary blocbloc /blɒkblɑːk/ noun [countableC] 1ECONOMICS a group of countries, usually with the same economic system, who have an official trading agreement with each other negotiations for the incorporation of Mexico into a trade bloc with the USA 2a group of countries or people who have been united together for a particular political purpose the former Eastern bloc Origin bloc (1900-2000) French Old French; → BLOCK1
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