Obstruction
[əb'strʌkʃ(ə)n]
解释:
(noun.) getting in someone's way.
(noun.) the act of obstructing; 'obstruction of justice'.
(noun.) any structure that makes progress difficult.
(noun.) the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction.
编辑:特伦斯--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
(n.) That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.
(n.) The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.
艾格尼丝编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. Hinderance, obstacle, impediment, barrier, check, difficulty.
校对:沃尔多
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Hinderance, obstacle, impediment,[See OBSTACLE]
录入:温思罗普
例句:
- Safety clutches are numerous, by which the machine is quickly and automatically stopped by the action of electro-magnets should a workman or other obstruction be caught in the machinery. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Corporation laws, however, give less obstruction to the free circulation of stock from one place to another, than to that of labour. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Isolation of subject matter from a social context is the chief obstruction in current practice to securing a general training of mind. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- The obstruction which corporation laws give to the free circulation of labour is common, I believe, to every part of Europe. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- His first important invention was the duplex, by which two messages could be sent over the same wire in opposite directions at the same time without any confusion or obstruction to each other. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- The river being high the rush of water through the cut was so great that in a very short time the entire obstruction was washed away. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- They were at once the deepest puzzle, the strongest obstruction, and the keenest stimulus, I had ever felt. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Smith and McCall found no obstruction in the way of their advance until they came up to the succession of ponds, before describes, at Resaca. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- How far we traversed the tunnel in this manner I do not know, but presently we came to an obstruction which blocked our further progress. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- She was aware of him sitting silently there, an unthinkable evil obstruction. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Think of meeting this style of obstruction in a narrow trail. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- At the power house the canal is furnished with a gate, and with cribs to keep back the obstructions, such as sticks. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Hooker was off bright and early, with no obstructions in his front but distance and the destruction above named. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
录入:莉娜