England has seemed a nation almost at war. The unrest is a blow to the police, caught flat-footed and unable to ensure order.(英國看上去就像一個戰亂的城市，這次動亂對于將警署殺了個措手不及：他們無法維持秩序。)

Gusty winds may blow out of a thunderstorm at speed in excess of 75 miles an hour.(陣風可以以每小時75英里以上的速度從雷暴中吹出。)

Do you think that could be anything to a man who has struck down seven at one blow?(你認為一口氣打死七個的人會抓不住一根小樹枝嗎？)

He also had stab trauma on his right hand and a bruise at the head that possibly resulted from a blow to the head.(他的右手上也有刺傷，同時頭部有一處傷痕，頭部的傷痕可能是由撞擊造成的。)

A thousand men lost their jobs at a blow when the factory closed.(工廠倒閉，一下子有一千人失業。)

It is a sign of neither courage nor power to shoot rockets at sleeping children, or to blow up old women on a bus.(向熟睡的孩子發射火箭，或在公交車上炸死一位老婦人，既不是勇敢，也不是力量的象征。)

And target-date funds -- even those designed for investors on the brink of retirement -- dealt investors a blow as all their supposedly diversified holdings seemed to go down at once.(而目標日期基金也給了投資者沉重打擊，其持有的資產號稱多樣化，但似乎同時下跌，即便是專門針對即將退休的投資者的基金也未能幸免。)

I meant to flash my work upon the world with crushing effect, to became famous at a blow.(我想以壓倒一切的效果把我的工作公諸于世，使我一舉成名。)

The pirates captured the ship and a ton of gold at a blow.(海盜們閃電般取了船和一噸黃金。)

After blow-drying your hair at night, put it up in a high, loose bun on the top of your head, secure with a clip, then go to sleep.(晚上吹干頭發后，將頭發在頭頂挽成一個松松的發髻，再用卡子固定好，就可以放心去睡大覺了。)