Democrats in the Senate have lost their sixty-vote supermajority needed to block any effort by Republicans to kill legislation.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

So one very simple study by Spelke and Baillargeon: Have babies shown a block with a bar going back and forth like that.

斯皮克和巴亚热昂做了一个简单的研究,向婴儿呈现一个木块,木块中间有一个能够来回移动的木杆,就像这个样子

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

That is followed by a block of instructions.

然后后面是一块指令集。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English, written by Brianna Blake with Steve Herman and Deborah Block.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

The natural thing to say is, it's worried about the fact that the king is exposed and it's trying to block me by capturing my bishop.

一个很自然的说法是,它担心它的王会暴露出来,因此它试图通过吃掉我的象来封死我

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Their job: try to block efforts by Kosovo to gain further recognition.

VOA: special.2010.07.24

Well partly this is just for fun-- this is what computer people sometimes do, intentionally or unintentionally but as also will see a really nice way to culminate the semester and frankly carve out a 10 hour block where you can bite off your final project's implementation surrounded by friends and the course's staff.

一部分只是因为好玩-,这是懂电脑的人有时会这么做，不管有没有意义,还有一部分原因是因为,以这种方式达到学期的高潮,并在朋友和这门课程教师的关注下,抽出10小时的时间完成最终的项目安装,是一件多么美妙的事啊。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

But I can assure you that no instructions have been issued by Mr.Zardari or the government to block any private television channels,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.14

We'll give it a name, but by linking that T to that T, we can also figure out the same T must be exerted on this one by Newton's third law, because if this block is the only one that could be pulling this rope with T.

我们先给它命个名,把这个 T 和那个 T 联系起来,利用牛顿第三定律,我们可以知道这个 T 也一定作用在这个物体上,因为如果这个物体是唯一,受到绳子拉力 T 的物体

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Mr.Obama said maneuvering by Senate Republicans to block extension of unemployment benefits demonstrates, what he called,a lack of faith in the American people.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

And we have an ELSE, followed by a colon in some other block of instructions.

然后是一个ELSE，后面跟着一个冒号,然后是一些其他的指令集。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

He adds many girls were threatened by the Taliban to block them from going to school.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

But fisheries experts say plans by Cambodia,Laos and Thailand to build hydropower dams on the Mekong would block fish migration, threatening already endangered species.

VOA: standard.2010.01.11

Kurdish opposition groups led by the "Goran", or Change block of Nusherwan Mustapha, issued a list of complaints about improper electoral procedures and numerous irregularities during Saturday's vote.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

He said the Treasury Department now has the authority to block or seize any assets, accounts or securities under U.S.jurisdiction held by these organizations or anyone acting on their behalf.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

Meanwhile,the leader of the Shi'ite rebels, Abdelmalik al-Houthi, says that he is willing to participate in negotiations toward a settlement, according to a plan outlined in September by a block of Yemeni opposition parties.

VOA: standard.2009.10.11