"block" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

block verbo

block + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 116
block access • block efforts • block one's way • block one's view • block several shots • block one's path • block one's attempt • ...
verbo + block
Kolokacji: 17
try to block • seek to block • move to block • used to block • attempt to block • ...
block + preposición
Kolokacji: 34
block out • block off • block by • block up • block from • ...
block + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 45
completely block • effectively block • temporarily block • partially block • partly blocked • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
2. initially blocked = początkowo zablokować initially blocked
4. physically block = fizycznie blok physically block
6. actually block = faktycznie blok actually block
7. selectively block = wybiórczo blok selectively block
8. largely blocked = w dużej mierze zablokować largely blocked
10. eventually block = ostatecznie blok eventually block
11. briefly block = pokrótce blok briefly block
12. routinely block = rutynowo blok routinely block
13. unfairly block = niesprawiedliwie blok unfairly block
  • Dorsey became only the third player in Bengals' history to single-handedly block a punt and recover it for a touchdown.
  • The Governor said Mr. Bush was "single-handedly blocking" global efforts to address environmental concerns by hesitating over whether to attend the international conference on the environment, to be held in Rio de Janeiro in June.
  • As a freshman legislator in 1971, he single-handedly blocked a bill to impose a one-year residency requirement for welfare recipients.
  • But then Mr. Schley, who has been credited with single-handedly blocking a Federal plan to turn West Virginia streams into a commercial fishing zone, took a proprietary interest in the Potomac.
  • Late last year, for instance, Senator Gramm almost single-handedly blocked a Senate vote on a carefully arranged compromise bill that would have lifted some of the barriers separating commercial banks, investment banks and insurance companies.
  • Mr. Lundkvist is also credited with single-handedly blocking a Nobel for Graham Greene, the British novelist.
  • The organization was on the verge of approving a new agreement once before, in December, but the United States single-handedly blocked the deal then, citing concerns from the American pharmaceutical industry.
  • The sensitive and self-conscious population was disappointed when a neighbouring, friendly country single-handedly blocked the continuation of the accession negotiations.
  • A curious situation arose, in which the C.I.C. single-handedly blocked Barbie's extradition by professing not to know where he was.
  • Senator Gramm, for reasons unrelated to Enron, was single-handedly blocking a futures trading bill the company had dearly prized.
15. later block = później blok later block
16. specifically block = wyraźnie blok specifically block
(3) temporarily, permanently
Kolokacji: 2
(6) deliberately, intentionally
Kolokacji: 2
(7) immediately, directly
Kolokacji: 2
(8) consistently, systematically
Kolokacji: 2
(9) legally, illegally
Kolokacji: 2
(10) frequently, occasionally
Kolokacji: 2

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