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Impediment Literally 10854.Impediment 英 ɪm'pedɪm(ə)Nt]美 ɪm'pɛdɪmənt 释义 N

正面 10854.impediment
英 [ɪm'pedɪm(ə)nt]美 [ɪm'pɛdɪmənt]

背面
释义:
n. 口吃;妨碍;阻止
例句:
1. He was satisfied there was no legal impediment to the marriage.这一婚姻没有任何司法上的障碍,他对此很满意。

1. im- "into, in" + pedi- + -ment.2. literally "shackle the feet".3. 本义为“把脚给束缚住”。4. => hindrance.
impediment 阻碍来自impede,阻碍。
impediment (n.)c. 1400, from Latin impedimentem "hindrance," from impedire "impede," literally "to shackle the feet," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + pes (genitive pedis) "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.))."

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