2021-06-01 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – B – bloc & block

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2021-06-01

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – B – bloc & block

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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง bloc & block = ‘BLOK’

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Choose the Right Synonym for block

Verb

HINDER, IMPEDE, OBSTRUCT, BLOCK

mean to interfere with the activity or progress of.

HINDER stresses causing harmful or annoying delay or interference with progress.

rain hindered the climb

IMPEDE implies making forward progress difficult by clogging, hampering, or fettering.

tight clothing that impedes movement

OBSTRUCT implies interfering with something in motion or in progress by the sometimes intentional placing of obstacles in the way.

the view was obstructed by billboards

BLOCK implies complete obstruction to passage or progress.

a landslide blocked the road

Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group

bloc

A group of countries or people

that share the same interest or aims and usually act together.

Dictionary of Problem Words in English

bloc & block

A bloc isa group or coalition such as “a bloc of voters”

or “a bloc of legislators opposed to the bill.”

In political campaigns,

reference is made to the farm bloc and the labor bloc.

Block has numerous meanings,

the most common of which refers to

a part of a town or city enclosed by four neighboring streets:

“This block contains four large stores.”