| 词汇 | body-blow |
| 释义 | body blow noun[ C ] uk /ˈbɒd.i ˌbləʊ/ us /ˈbɑː.di ˌbloʊ/ something that causes serious problems and disappointment for a person trying to do something: 严重的挫折；沉重的打击 Having all her research notes stolen was a real body blow for her.她的研究笔记全部被盗对她是个沉重的打击。 a hit to the main part of your body（对身体主要部位的）打击 Difficult things and people a (heavy) cross to bearidiom albatross ball and chain bane be dead meatidiom be in the clearidiom bump chill equation hiccup hindrance hot potato impediment incubus nut snag stumbling block teaser teething troubles thorn in your flesh/sideidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Fighting sports Examples of body blowbody blow The bodyblow dealt by the migration of skilled workers added to the city's physical destruction in the wake of partition. This would be a bodyblow to many farmers. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English That was a serious bodyblow, the effects of which we may discover to our great loss in the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unquestionably, it was a bodyblow to the railway staff which had put so much effort and so much enterprise into this new development. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was prior to local government reorganisation, and local independence took a bodyblow when that occurred. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a result, essential services will be cut, and that will be a severe bodyblow to all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One has to do one's best when a bodyblow of this nature occurs in one's constituency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was another bodyblow to the wool industry in particular. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The arts have always been undervalued in this country and this will be a further bodyblow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I say again, such a move would be a bodyblow to the credibility of the life sentence system in the eyes of the public. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But in another respect it strikes a bodyblow at another kind of independent—the small music publisher. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the existing clauses are not supported this evening, it will be one more bodyblow that will affect small businesses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They would need to be constructed in such a way as to give the economy and the white population in particular a real bodyblow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be a bodyblow to the industry if the boards were to be undermined. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That will be a double bodyblow, coming on top of millions of pounds of cuts forced on local authority budgets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of body blow These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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