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Definition of bloc in English: blocnoun blɒkblɑk A group of countries or political parties with common interests who have formed an alliance. （国家或政党为共同利益结合而成的）集团 苏联集团。 议会党团。 Example sentencesExamples - If so, then the freer we remain the less we need to worry about losing ground in the long run to nations and blocs of nations that aren't as free.
- They say that trade blocs provide benefits to their members, so they want you to reason that if we didn't join, we would be adversely affected.
- They are almost certain to end up with strong parliamentary blocs.
- If it votes as a bloc, it will be capable of imposing its concept of the good society on all the other groups.
- Arithmetically nothing's happened - five seats lost here, six gained there, but the great blocs of party power are still intact.
- It's too soon to call this a party or a bloc, but it is now a visible group with true independence and popular status.
- The major blocs in French politics each valorizes a collectivity: the nation, the class, the race.
- Eighteen political parties and five electoral blocs are running.
- Yet because they maintain a crucial majority if voting as a bloc they can help dictate the eventual appointee.
- It is to be expected that each of the world's blocs have their own interests and will try to protect them.
- But at present there are huge ‘imbalances’ between the world's main economic blocs.
- The parliamentary members tended to coalesce in blocs, which were alliances in support of particular philosophies.
- The Second World War began with Germany's attack on Poland in 1939 and ended with the continent's division into two hostile blocs.
- We really do seem to have two voting blocs here that are basically stuck in concrete and are going to go, it looks like, right up to the wire that way.
- Parties and electoral blocs were free to organize, with few exceptions, and a large number managed to register.
- It is depressing to see how people mostly voted in racial blocs.
- Let me add two of my many college encounters with regard to the Soviet Union and the communist bloc.
- Or do we want them to emerge as resentful rivals in a world permanently divided into hostile trading blocs?
- Individual member states were also in other, competing political and economic blocs, which made integration no easier.
- The centre of gravity in Europe is shifting decisively east, to where new blocs and alliances are already forming.
Synonyms alliance, association, coalition, federation, confederation, league, faction, union, partnership, body, group, grouping ring, syndicate concordat, entente, axis party, camp, lobby, wing, cabal, clique, coterie, caucus
OriginEarly 20th century: from French, literally 'block'. Rhymesad hoc, amok, Bangkok, baroque, belle époque, block, bock, brock, chock, chock-a-block, clock, doc, dock, floc, flock, frock, hock, hough, interlock, jock, knock, langue d'oc, lock, Locke, Médoc, mock, nock, o'clock, pock, post hoc, roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, sock, Spock, stock, wok, yapok Definition of bloc in US English: blocnounbläkblɑk A combination of countries, parties, or groups sharing a common purpose. a center-left voting bloc Example sentencesExamples - But at present there are huge ‘imbalances’ between the world's main economic blocs.
- Yet because they maintain a crucial majority if voting as a bloc they can help dictate the eventual appointee.
- Parties and electoral blocs were free to organize, with few exceptions, and a large number managed to register.
- We really do seem to have two voting blocs here that are basically stuck in concrete and are going to go, it looks like, right up to the wire that way.
- Or do we want them to emerge as resentful rivals in a world permanently divided into hostile trading blocs?
- Individual member states were also in other, competing political and economic blocs, which made integration no easier.
- The major blocs in French politics each valorizes a collectivity: the nation, the class, the race.
- The centre of gravity in Europe is shifting decisively east, to where new blocs and alliances are already forming.
- If it votes as a bloc, it will be capable of imposing its concept of the good society on all the other groups.
- Eighteen political parties and five electoral blocs are running.
- Arithmetically nothing's happened - five seats lost here, six gained there, but the great blocs of party power are still intact.
- The parliamentary members tended to coalesce in blocs, which were alliances in support of particular philosophies.
- It is to be expected that each of the world's blocs have their own interests and will try to protect them.
- It is depressing to see how people mostly voted in racial blocs.
- Let me add two of my many college encounters with regard to the Soviet Union and the communist bloc.
- They are almost certain to end up with strong parliamentary blocs.
- If so, then the freer we remain the less we need to worry about losing ground in the long run to nations and blocs of nations that aren't as free.
- They say that trade blocs provide benefits to their members, so they want you to reason that if we didn't join, we would be adversely affected.
- The Second World War began with Germany's attack on Poland in 1939 and ended with the continent's division into two hostile blocs.
- It's too soon to call this a party or a bloc, but it is now a visible group with true independence and popular status.
Synonyms alliance, association, coalition, federation, confederation, league, faction, union, partnership, body, group, grouping
OriginEarly 20th century: from French, literally ‘block’. |