单词 | obstructionism |
释义 | obstructionism From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishobstructionismob‧struc‧tion‧is‧m /əbˈstrʌkʃənɪzəm/ noun [uncountable] formalPREVENTDELAYwhen someone tries to prevent or delay a legal or political process —obstructionist noun [countable]Examples from the Corpusobstructionism• He was able partly to overcome continuing obstructionism by using techniques of regression analysis to estimate load characteristics.• Such obstructionism is a major contributor to delay and the high cost of litigation.• Relieved, perhaps, to have escaped the obstructionism of his officials in St Petersburg, the tsar responded favourably. |
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