英语单词 | impede |
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英美音标 | 英 [ɪm'piːd] 美 [ɪm'piːd] |
中文释义 | vt.妨碍;阻止 |
英语例句 | (1) The inflexibility of the country's labor market seriously impede its economic recovery. (2) The development of the project was seriously impeded by a reduction in funds. (3) He impedes me to do the job well. (4) What impedes you to make progress? (5) If we try to impede the efforts of others then it is not good. (6) I resolved never to allow fear to impede my actions again. (7) The muddy roads impede our journey. |
中文例句 | (1) 该国劳工市场缺乏灵活性,这严重阻碍了它的经济恢复。 (2) 由于基金削减工程进度严重受阻。 (3) 他妨碍我把工作做好。 (4) 什么事妨碍你取得进步? (5) 如果我们试图阻止别人的这种努力,那是不好的。 (6) 于是我发誓再也不会让恐惧阻止我任何一项行动。 (7) 我们的旅游被泥泞的道路阻挠了。 |
vocabulary简明 | To impede something is to delay or block its progress or movement. Carrying six heavy bags will impede your progress if you're trying to walk across town. |
vocabulary扩展 | Impede comes from the Latin impedire which literally means "to hold the feet," formed from the prefix in- "in" plus pes "foot." Think about walking with a cast on your foot––how slow and awkward that would be. If you have a hard time reading, that will impeded your progress in math. An impediment is something that impedes, such as a physical defect that affects speech––a speech impediment. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]妨碍;阻碍;阻止 If you impede someone or something, you make their movement, development, or progress difficult. [V n] [FORMAL 正式]
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