blocks of flats

基本解释

You don't see many blocks of flats in England.
在英国看不到成幢成幢的公寓楼。
Monrovia is witnessing a building boom, with beachside resorts and blocks of flats springing up, along with some conspicuously grand mansions belonging to well-known politicians.
蒙罗维亚的建筑正如雨后春笋般出现，例如海边度假胜地的涌现和一座座楼房的拔地而起，以及那些属于知名政客的雄伟官邸的出现。
Private funding for these blocks of flats, due to become a mix of social and private housing after the games, did not materialise, thanks to the property slump and the credit crunch.
这里在奥运会之后必然成为公共和私人用房的混合社区，但这些公寓楼建设的私人资金并没有到位，原因是房产市场低迷和欧洲财政危机。

So too, as elsewhere in China, has huge state-led investment in new blocks of flats (see picture), factories and infrastructure.
ECONOMIST: Reforming the north-east
Its glittering bulk, squeezed into a narrow plot beneath the Acropolis hill, contrasts sharply with shabby blocks of flats nearby and the pale-coloured rocky slope.
ECONOMIST: A new tribute to the Parthenon