🇬🇧🇨🇳 blow - 打击 : English Lesson

Meaning of "blow" ("打击"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A blow is a sudden, unexpected bad thing that happens and causes problems or sadness. It can feel like life just punched your plans, your feelings, or your hopes. For example, if your school trip gets canceled at the last minute, that bad surprise is a blow to your excitement. It doesn’t mean someone hit you; it means something happened that really damaged your feelings, your plans, or your situation.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The moment I learned that dessert comes after vegetables was a confusing blow to my understanding of justice.

The teacher saying, “Pair up,” was a blow to my plan to be socially invisible all day.

Discovering that homework actually counted for a grade was a terrifying blow to my entire life strategy.

Being told to share my fries was an emotional blow to my deeply personal relationship with potatoes.

When my carefully built pillow fort collapsed, it was a soft but heartbreaking blow to my engineering reputation.

A florist set her bouquets on the pavement. A sudden gust was a blow: petals scattered, ribbons ruined. The blow broke her breath. A boy chased blooms; another blow from a scooter splashed water across the stand. Each blow hurt, but neighbors picked flowers, wrapped one blossom for her as she laughed through the last blow

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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