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impedimenta

/im-ped-uh-men-tuh/US // ɪmˌpɛd əˈmɛn tə //UK // (ɪmˌpɛdɪˈmɛntə) //

障碍物,阻碍,妨碍因素,妨碍

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n.名词(复数) plural noun
  1. 1
    • : baggage or other things that retard one's progress, as supplies carried by an army: the impedimenta of the weekend skier.

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Examples

  • The greatest care was taken to reduce the baggage and impedimenta of the army to a minimum.

  • Some flocks, however, are still accompanied by impedimenta in the shape of young babblers or pied crested-cuckoos.

  • With no other impedimenta than the above-mentioned, the ostrich-hunter roams at will over the vast pampas.

  • Beyond that fifty-yard stream lay the enemy, reported now to be stacking up drive impedimenta.

  • No invader can possibly reach the enemy's trench to contest it with him until these impedimenta are removed.