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disclose Hide phonetics
verb [I or T] FORMAL
to make something known publicly, or to show something that was hidden:
Several companies have disclosed profits of over £200 million.
[+ that] The police have disclosed that two officers are under internal investigation.

disclosure Hide phonetics
noun [C or U] FORMAL
Any public disclosure of this information would be very damaging to the company.
The newspaper made damaging disclosures of management incompetence.


receive (GET) Show phonetics
verb [T]
1 to get or be given something:
Did you receive my letter?
I received a phone call from your mother.
They received a visit from the police.
She died after receiving a blow to the head.
Members of Parliament received a 4.2% pay increase this year.

2 (of a radio or television) to change signal into sounds and pictures
See also reception (RADIO/TELEVISION).

3 to be able to hear someone's voice when they are communicating with you by radio:
I'm receiving you loud and clear.

receiver Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 (ALSO telephone receiver) the part of the telephone that you hold to your ear and mouth:
She picked up the receiver and dialled his number.
See also receiver; recipient.

recipient Hide phonetics
noun [C] FORMAL
a person who receives something:
This latest cut in government spending will affect income support recipients and their families.
He was a recipient of the Civilian Service Award.


2 a piece of equipment that changes radio and television signals into sounds and pictures

3 UK LEGAL A receiver (of stolen goods) is a person who buys and sells property which they know has been stolen.

receipt Show phonetics
noun [U] FORMAL
the act or state of receiving money or goods:
Goods will be delivered on receipt of payment (= after the money is received).
You have been in receipt of unemployment benefit for two months.
See also receipt.



blow (HIT) Show phonetics
noun [C]
a hard hit with a hand or a weapon:
a sharp blow to the stomach

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)


讀不懂紐約時報這標題

Iran Receives Nuclear Fuel in Blow to U.S.

By HELENE COOPER

Published: December 18, 2007

WASHINGTON — The United States lost a long battle when Russia, as it announced on Monday, delivered nuclear fuel to an Iranian power plant that is at the center of an international dispute over its nuclear program. Iran, for its part, confirmed on Monday plans to build a second such plant.

一些朋友對IN BLOW的討論:

張華

好像是New York Times老編的偏好：In Blow to Bush, Senators Reject Cuts to Medicaid

That vote was a rebuke to both the White House and the Republican leadership, and it threatens to prevent Congress from adopting a final budget this year.

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小讀者的解釋(標題裡的冠詞可省略 故 in a blow --> in blow)可以接受：

"In a blow to plans to build a big coal-fired power plant in South Dakota 175
miles west of Minneapolis, two major electric utilities backed away Monday from
plans to buy power from the proposed Big Stone II." ...

In a blow to Tony Blair's authority MPs voted by 288 votes to 278 to back a key
Lords amendment to the bill. [...] Continue reading "Blair's Religious Hatred
Bill Gutted" ». January 31, 2006 in Politics, Religion, Stupidity | Permalink ...

事實上”純粹是伊朗獲得核燃料，這下子給老美狠狠的一記罷了”就是receive a blow (參考上述劍橋……)