Obstruct
[əb'strʌkt]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) block passage through; 'obstruct the path'.
(verb.) shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; 'The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage'; 'The trees obstruct my view of the mountains'.
(verb.) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; 'His brother blocked him at every turn'.
校對:诺艾尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street; to obstruct the channels of the body.
(v. t.) To be, or come, in the way of; to hinder from passing; to stop; to impede; to retard; as, the bar in the harbor obstructs the passage of ships; clouds obstruct the light of the sun; unwise rules obstruct legislation.
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同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Close, bar, stop, blockade, barricade, block up, dam up.[2]. Hinder, impede, oppose, retard.
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同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Bar, block, choke, hinder, impede, interrupt, retard, clog
ANT:Open, clear, pave, facilitate, expedite, further, advance, promote, accelerate,aid
編輯:珀西
解釋/意思:
v.t. to block up to hinder from passing to retard.—ns. Obstruc′ter Obstruc′tor one who obstructs; Obstruc′tion act of obstructing: that which hinders progress or action: opposition esp. in a legislative assembly; Obstruc′tionist.—adj. Obstruc′tive tending to obstruct: hindering.—n. one who opposes progress.—adv. Obstruct′ively.—adj. Ob′struent obstructing: blocking up.—n. (med.) anything that obstructs esp. in the passages of the body.
編輯:帕特里克
例句/造句/用法:
- The absence of all valves renders it very suitable for draining marshes, and for other similar purposes, as the muddy water and suspended matters will not obstruct its action. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- But Jenny, my dear,' said Riah, breaking off, 'I promised that you should pursue your questions, and I obstruct them. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The exclusive privileges of corporations obstruct it from one place to another, even in the same employment. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- In crossing the valley he burned the bridge over Chattanooga Creek, and did all he could to obstruct the roads behind him. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- It is those like thee who obstruct all effort to win this war, Gomez said to the staff officer. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- General Butler had, in advance, loaded some vessels with stone ready to be sunk so as to obstruct the channel in an emergency. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- It does not obstruct the industry of the people; it subjects the landlord to no other inconveniency besides the unavoidable one of paying the tax. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- This is because sound is reflected when it strikes a large obstructing surface. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- No individual, perhaps, ever possessed a juster understanding, or was so seldom obstructed in the use of it by indolence, enthusiasm, or authority. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The rebels had obstructed the navigation of Yazoo Pass and the Coldwater by felling trees into them. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- It is the labour of artificers and manufacturers only of which the free circulation is obstructed by corporation laws. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- High above this to the right, and much nearer thitherward than the Quiet Woman Inn, the blurred contour of Rainbarrow obstructed the sky. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- I was like a wild beast that had broken the toils; destroying the objects that obstructed me, and ranging through the wood with a stag-like swiftness. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- I loved him well--too well not to smite out of my path even Jealousy herself, when she would have obstructed a kind farewell. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- They shivered in the emotional gale; they obstructed and the gale became destructive. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Exercise should precede meals, not immediately follow them; the first promotes, the latter, unless moderate, obstructs digestion. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The statute of apprenticeship obstructs the free circulation of labour from one employment to another, even in the same place. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The difficulty of obtaining settlements obstructs even that of common labour. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- It obstructs the communication of heat from the furnace to the water, and the metal is thus liable to become red-hot. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- But Muscle Shoals is not navigable, and below them again is another shoal which also obstructs navigation. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Whatever either promotes or obstructs the one, necessarily promotes or obstructs the other. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
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