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| 1 | a large building with a lot of different levels 大楼；大厦 |
| There’ s a flat available in the block where I live. 在我住的那栋楼里有一套公寓待租。 |
| an apartment/office/high-rise block 公寓大楼/办公大楼/高楼 |
| block of flats The whole block of flats was destroyed. 整座公寓大楼被毁了。 |
| | 1a | a building that is part of a larger building or group of buildings （大建筑物或建筑群的）栋，座，幢 | | The main block of the hotel dates back to 1650. 饭店的主楼可追溯到1650年。 | | The prison’ s administration block overlooks the exercise yard. 监狱的管理楼俯瞰着操练场。 | |
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| 2 | an area of buildings in a town or city with streets on all four sides （四面临街的）街段，街区 |
| I was early for the meeting, so I walked around the block a couple of times. 我参加会议来早了，所以绕着这个街区走了几圈。 |
| | 2a | the distance along a city street from where one road crosses it to the next road 街区的距离 | | The school was only a few blocks from where she lived. 学校离她住的地方只有几个街区的距离。 | |
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| 3 | a solid piece of wood , stone , ice etc with straight sides 一块（木料、石头等） |
| The baby was playing with wooden blocks. 那个婴儿正在玩积木。 |
| +of It’ s amazing to think that this huge statue was carved from a single block of marble. 这座巨型雕塑是用一整块大理石雕成的，真是令人称奇。 |
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| 4 | an amount of something , or a number of individual things that are considered together as a single object 一组；一批；一叠；一套 |
| +of The company buys blocks of seats from airlines, then sells them to the public. 公司从航空公司买来一批批机票，然后卖给公众。 |
| You can move blocks of text on-screen using the mouse. 你可以用鼠标移动屏幕上的文本块。 |
| | 4a | an amount of information considered as one unit 一组数据；数据块；程序块 | | +of The hard disk contains a block of data known as the ‘boot’ section. 硬盘包含称为“启动”部分的数据块。 | |
| | 4b | an area of land , especially for building on （尤指用于建房的）一片土地 | |
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| 5 | a continuous period of time （连续的）一段时间 |
| We need to find a two-hour block when we are all free for this seminar. 我们需要找出大家都有空的两小时时间来开这个讨论会。 |
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| 6 | usually singular something that stops you from doing something or being successful 障碍 |
| The issue of holiday pay was the major block in reaching an agreement. 假期的工资问题是达成协议的主要障碍。 |
| | 6a | to stop someone from doing something , or stop something from happening 阻止（某人）做某事；阻止某事发生 | | I wanted to go on holiday with Maria, but she put a block on that plan. 我想和玛丽亚一起去度假，但她阻止了这个计划。 | |
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| 7 | usually singular a short time when you are unable to think clearly or remember something that you usually know 思维中断 |
| mental block I had a sudden mental block and couldn’ t remember his name. 我突然好像思维中断了一样，无法记起他的名字。 |
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| 8 | something that stops movement through a place or along something 堵塞物；阻塞物 |
| There must be a block in the pipeline. 管道里肯定有东西堵住了。 |
| | 8a | a movement that stops someone from hitting you or from going forwards 阻挡 | |
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| 9 | the blocks plural two pieces of metal or wood that runners use at the start of a race to push their feet against 起跑器 |
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| - | have been around the block (a couple of/a few times) informal
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| to have a lot of experience of something , especially when this means that it is difficult to trick or surprise you |
| 有丰富的经验；见多识广 |
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| - | I’ ll knock your/his etc block off spoken
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| used for threatening to hit someone who has annoyed you |
| 小心我狠揍你；小心我敲掉你的脑袋 |
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| - | on the block
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| for sale at an auctiona public sale where people offer money to buy things |
| 在拍卖中 |
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| - | put your head/neck on the block
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| take a risk by doing or saying something that might damage your reputation , make people criticize you etc |
| 冒着名誉受损的危险；冒着招人批评的危险 |
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| See also | | - chip 1 | | - kid 1 | | - stumbling block | |
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