| 单词 | obstruct |
| 释义 | obstruct (once / 511 pages) v When you obstruct something, you block it. If you’re gobbling down your pizza, a chunk of crust you didn’t chew so well might obstruct your airway and you'll choke. Obstruct also means to get in the way so that you hide something from view. That fast food tower being built next to your beach house will obstruct your lovely ocean vistas. And that scene gives you a vivid illustration of the Latin roots the word comes from: ob- "against," and struere, "build." You can also obstruct something or someone by putting up a roadblock, literal or figurative: when you park yourself by the exit door, you obstruct everybody's way out. WORD FAMILYobstruct: obstructed, obstructer, obstructing, obstruction, obstructive, obstructor, obstructs+/obstructed: unobstructed/obstructer: obstructers/obstruction: obstructionism, obstructions/obstructionism: obstructionist/obstructionist: obstructionists/obstructive: obstructively/obstructor: obstructors/unobstructed: unobstructedly USAGE EXAMPLESBut the lawsuit, filed on behalf of Senegal’s widow, claims deputies misrepresented facts and obstructed the investigation. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) That all ended in April when Morel pleaded guilty to obstructing justice. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Court records show Worthington was previously charged on Aug. 10 for second-degree robbery, possessing a firearm after a felony conviction and obstructing an officer. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1v block passage through obstruct the path Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper block, close up, impede, jam, obturate, occlude disengage, free free or remove obstruction from block off, blockade obstruct access to barricade, barricadoblock off with barricades barricadeprevent access to by barricading asphyxiate, choke, stifle, suffocateimpair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of tie uprestrain from moving or operating normally dam, dam upobstruct with, or as if with, a dam block out, screenprevent from entering earth up, land upblock with earth, as after a landslide bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stoprender unsuitable for passage back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foulbecome or cause to become obstructed gum upstick together as if with gum block off, close off, shut offblock off the passage through shadeprotect from light, heat, or view closebar access to crap upbecome obstructed or chocked up block, choke up, lug, stuffobstruct silt, silt upbecome chocked with silt hinder, impede be a hindrance or obstacle to 2v hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of Syn|Hypo|Hyper block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, stymie, stymy stonewall obstruct or hinder any discussion filibusterobstruct deliberately by delaying checkblock or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey hangprevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury bottleneckslow down or impede by creating an obstruction forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent keep from happening or arising; make impossible 3v shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight The trees obstruct my view of the mountains Syn|Hyper block bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop render unsuitable for passage conceal, hide prevent from being seen or discovered |
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