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单词 body blow
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body blow
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɒd.i ˌbləʊ/us
/ˈbɑː.di ˌbloʊ/
something thatcausesseriousproblemsanddisappointmentfor apersontryingto do something:
严重的挫折；沉重的打击
Having all herresearchnotesstolenwas arealbodyblowfor her.她的研究笔记全部被盗对她是个沉重的打击。
ahitto themainpartofyourbody
（对身体主要部位的）打击
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(Definition ofbody blowfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbody blow

body blow
Thebodyblowdealt by the migration of skilled workers added to the city's physical destruction in the wake of partition.
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This would be abodyblowto many farmers.
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That was a seriousbodyblow, the effects of which we may discover to our great loss in the future.
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Unquestionably, it was abodyblowto the railway staff which had put so much effort and so much enterprise into this new development.
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That was prior to local government reorganisation, and local independence took abodyblowwhen that occurred.
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As a result, essential services will be cut, and that will be a severebodyblowto all.
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One has to do one's best when abodyblowof this nature occurs in one's constituency.
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That was anotherbodyblowto the wool industry in particular.
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The arts have always been undervalued in this country and this will be a furtherbodyblow.
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I say again, such a move would be abodyblowto the credibility of the life sentence system in the eyes of the public.
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But in another respect it strikes abodyblowat another kind of independent—the small music publisher.
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If the existing clauses are not supported this evening, it will be one morebodyblowthat will affect small businesses.
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They would need to be constructed in such a way as to give the economy and the white population in particular a realbodyblow.
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It would be abodyblowto the industry if the boards were to be undermined.
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That will be a doublebodyblow, coming on top of millions of pounds of cuts forced on local authority budgets.
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