1·Despite his six years in politics, he was still regarded by many as the new kid on the block.
他已经从政六年，但很多人仍把他视为初出茅庐。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Takes an exclusive (x) lock on the block.
获得块上的一个独占(X)锁。
3·Very slowly, Mary put her head on the block.
慢慢地，慢慢地，玛丽将头放在了木台上。
4·His collection of paintings will go on the block tomorrow.
他收集起来的画明天将要拿去拍卖。
5·My life was my family and my friends on the block and that was it.
我的生活里就只有我的家人和同一个街区的朋友，仅此而已。
6·When we take this down, we'll have the only brown lawn on the block.
等我们把游泳池收起来时，这片地就只剩下一片褐色的草皮啦。
7·It recently put its retail and commercial businesses in Asia on the block.
它最近将其零售和商业企业在亚洲开始出售。
8·The letter ends with a shot at some of the (relatively new) kids on the block
这封信结尾时对这一片儿（相对而言）刚来的新生儿也狠狠给了一下
9·Soon they were the only small house on the block, surrounded by a sea of McMansions.
可到后来，这些人也就仅仅在街区里有个很小的房子，而且周围都是麦克豪宅（庞大而品味极差的房子）。
10·All the houses on the block are attached, except the corner ones, which are semidetached.
这一街区的房屋都互相毗邻，只有拐角那些半独立式的房子例外。