单词 | hamper |
释义 | hamper From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhamperham‧per1 /ˈhæmpə $ -ər/ ●○○ verb [transitive]PROBLEMto make it difficult for someone to do something She tried to run, but was hampered by her heavy suitcase. An attempt to rescue the men has been hampered by bad weather.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpushamper• Wilken said voters' First Amendment right to pick the candidate of their choice was hampered.• The real estate market is not unaffected but it is not seriously hampered.• The kitchen may be somewhat hampered by less-than-premium ingredients, primarily meats.• The police's work is hampered by people who file false complaints.• Search efforts were hampered by strong winds and fifteen foot waves.• Pay determination is also hampered by such factors as inflation rates and currency fluctuations against the pound.• They tend to hamper every search for factual reality, including research in science.• Geest warned in the autumn that oversupply in the final quarter of 1995 would severely hamper its full-year bottom line.• Bad weather has hampered the bombers that lack modern night-attack equipment.• Health care costs are severely hampering the nation's small businesses.• This hampers the small banks that the non-banks use as a conduit for their services. , Cleaning Outdoorhamperhamper2 noun [countable]1 ![]() |
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