impediment

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n. 妨碍, 障碍, 阻止, 口吃 [经] 对履行义务的阻碍

发音

US /ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt/

词形变化

impediments 复数 impediments

教材释义与例句

名词

口吃；妨碍；阻止

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress; impedance.

    障碍

  2. 2.

    A disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech.

    Working in a noisy factory left me with a slight hearing impediment.

    1730, Joseph Addison, The Evidences of the Christian Religion, London: J. Tonson, Additional Discourses, Section 10, p. 308, Let us suppose a person blind and deaf from his birth, who being grown to man’s estate, is by the Dead-palsy, or some other cause, deprived of his Feeling, Tasting, and Smelling; and at the same time has the impediment of his Hearing removed, and the film taken from his eyes […]

  3. 3.

    Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

check obstruction handicap deterrent hindrance balk baulk hinderance impedimenta obstructer

上位词 4

construction structure difficulty difficultness

下位词 10

stop bar block drag barrier interference obstacle bind hitch closure

相关短语

impediment of crime speech impediment 语音障碍,口吃 absolute impediment diriment impediment 结婚障碍 hindering impediment

词源

From Middle English impediment, borrowed from Latin impedimentum.

来源：wiktionary