单词 | body blow |
释义 | ˈbody blow noun [countable] 1 DISAPPOINTEDa serious loss, disappointment, or defeat 严重损失;大挫折;惨败 → blow Hopes of economic recovery were dealt a body blow by this latest announcement. 最新公布的消息对经济复苏的希望是个沉重打击。2. HITa hard hit between your neck and waist during a fight 〔颈与腰之间的〕上半身受到的重击Examples from the Corpusbody blow• But tomorrow, with just a few words, the Chancellor could deal the company a body blow.• The news Herrmann brought was like a body blow.• Suddenly the confidence of the new radicals received a body blow.• The news was a body blow and for several months the company was on a knife edge.• Every tale - depressing as it is in its own right represents another body blow to the leasing industry.• The heat had gradually become an expected body blow which was endurable with certain rules.ˈbody blow nounChineseSyllable or disappointment, Corpus defeat serious a loss, |
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