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impediment

/im-ped-uh-muhnt/US // ɪmˈpɛd ə mənt //UK // (ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt) //

障碍物,障碍,故障,阻碍

Related Words

hitch铰链,铰接,铰链式,铰接式flaw缺陷,缺点,瑕疵,缺点是stumbling block绊脚石,拦路虎,障碍物,阻碍barrier障碍物,屏障,壁垒,关卡restriction限制,约束,限制条件,限定handicap阻碍,障碍物,残障人士,障碍drawback缺点,缺陷,弊端,缺点是setback后退,挫折,倒退,后移snag钉子,钉子户,抢夺,抢救difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重inhibition抑制,抑制作用,抑制力,抑制性obstacle障碍物,障碍,绊脚石,阻碍hurdle障碍,障碍物,关卡,关口hazard危害,危害性,风险,危险burden负担,负荷,负重,负载defect缺陷,瑕疵,叛逃,叛逃事件deterrent威慑力,威慑性,威慑力量,威慑bottleneck瓶颈,瓶颈问题,瓶颈路段,瓶颈地带red tape繁文缛节,官僚主义,官僚作风,官僚机构disadvantage劣势,不利因素,弊端,弱势

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
    • : any physical impairment or condition that impedes normal, fluent, or easy speech; a speech disorder.
    • : Chiefly Ecclesiastical Law. a bar, usually of blood or affinity, to marriage: a diriment impediment.
    • : Usually impediments. impedimenta.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounobstruction, hindrance
Forms: impediments
Synonyms
barrier障碍物,屏障,壁垒,关卡bottleneck瓶颈,瓶颈问题,瓶颈路段,瓶颈地带burden负担,负荷,负重,负载defect缺陷,瑕疵,叛逃,叛逃事件deterrent威慑力,威慑性,威慑力量,威慑difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重disadvantage劣势,不利因素,弊端,弱势drawback缺点,缺陷,弊端,缺点是flaw缺陷,缺点,瑕疵,缺点是handicap阻碍,障碍物,残障人士,障碍hazard危害,危害性,风险,危险hitch铰链,铰接,铰链式,铰接式hurdle障碍,障碍物,关卡,关口inhibition抑制,抑制作用,抑制力,抑制性obstacle障碍物,障碍,绊脚石,阻碍red tape繁文缛节,官僚主义,官僚作风,官僚机构restriction限制,约束,限制条件,限定setback后退,挫折,倒退,后移snag钉子,钉子户,抢夺,抢救stumbling block绊脚石,拦路虎,障碍物,阻碍bar吧台,酒吧,杠杠,栏barricade路障,障碍物,街垒,拦截block块,阻止,阻挡,块状blockage堵塞,阻塞,阻塞物,堵塞物catch接住,抓住,捕捉,捕获chain链条,链子,链接,链check检查,检查一下clog堵塞,堵塞物,堵塞的问题,堵塞堵塞cramp痉挛,痉痉挛,痉缩curb路边,遏止,路边的,马路牙子delay延迟,拖延,拖延时间,延误detriment弊端,损害,弊病,损益drag拖动,拖累,拖拽,拖曳encumbrance财产,财产损失,资产负债表,财产损失费fault错,故障,错误,缺点holdup抢劫,抢劫案,抢劫事件,抢劫罪load负荷,负载,装载,加载manacle手铐,甲骨文,芒果,铐住millstone磨石,磨刀石,磨盘,碾石prohibition禁令,禁止,禁忌,禁制restraint约束力,克制,约束,约束性retardation弱智,弱智症,智障,延缓rub擦,摩擦,擦擦,擦伤shackle桎梏,枷锁,脚镣,镣铐stoppage停工,停机,停顿,停产stricture狭窄,狭窄处,狭缝,狭窄地带tie领带,系,领结,捆绑trammel捣蛋鬼,捣乱者,捣鼓,捣毁wall墙,墙壁,墙面,围墙catch-22二十二点,二十二点钟dead weight重量级,重量级的,重量级人物,死气沉沉retardment返修,回国,返还,补给road block路障,路阻,路霸,路上的障碍

Examples

  • Overall, we consider these to be minor impediments because a rechargeable warmer’s heating time is guaranteed to be longer than a chemically activated option, and the custom control is far greater than a lighter fluid-filled hand warmer.

  • The sympathy created by his fake impediment lands the job for him.

  • You would never guess that a few years ago, Gorman was struggling with a speech impediment.

  • One thing you may not have known is that Gorman overcame a speech impediment.

  • He insisted that money was not an impediment for state-run vaccination programs.

  • The edict says “any persons that can express any legal impediment can denounce” the nuptials.

  • Despite the legal impediment, Hamza convinced Traverso to marry him.

  • The traffic, as in all of Los Angeles, is a serious impediment.

  • One obvious impediment is the difficulty of getting into the country.

  • The war has been a constant impediment to their grand tourism plans.

  • Wood may be cut close to the beach, and embarked without impediment.

  • The unfortunate gentleman had an impediment in his speech, and this was noted down as proving him to be a German, of course!

  • They are an impediment to the progress of knowledge, only when they are permanently acquiesced in.

  • It is here that the only practical impediment occurs to the passage of heavy shipping, between Buffalo and Chicago.

  • Religion is the greatest impediment to the progress of human happiness.

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