a voting bloc in the senate a whole bloc of students got together to complain
Recent Examples on the WebMoscow supplied around 40% of the natural gas used by the bloc before Russia invaded Ukraine. Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 On Monday night, Iran responded to the proposal in writing, meeting a deadline set by the bloc. Hadas Gold And Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022 The pipeline accounts for more than a third of Russian gas exports to the trading bloc. Harold Maass, The Week, 21 July 2022 The European Union's head office proposed that member states cut their gas use by 15% over the coming months to ensure that any full Russian cutoff of natural gas supplies to the bloc will not fundamentally disrupt industries next winter. Susie Blann, ajc, 20 July 2022 The proposal, which was included in a larger sanction package, needs to be approved by the 27-member bloc to take effect.NBC News, 4 May 2022 The import bans are a very small part of a fifth package of wider sanctions imposed on Russia by the bloc over its invasion of Ukraine. Laurence Norman, WSJ, 8 Apr. 2022 If approved, the sanctions would be the harshest enforced by the bloc since the invasion.New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022 The government would have to commit to major economic reforms to prove its ability to be a benefit, not a burden, to the bloc. Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2022 See More
ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤large, solid, substantial大集團;團結的群體;有影響力的集團◇A solid bloc of members supported the decision.成員們團結一致支持該決定。➤economic, military, regional, trade, trading, voting經濟集團;軍事集團;地區集團;貿易集團;投票集團▸➤Communist, Eastern, European, Soviet, etc.共產主義陣營、東歐集團、歐洲陣營、蘇聯集團等◇Eastern bloc countries東歐集團國家PREPOSITION➤in a/the bloc, within a/the bloc在集團內部◇There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.貿易集團內部的關係越來越緊張。