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单词 interference
释义
interference
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n

Interference is something that is in your way. If the sound of your sister's band practicing keeps you from getting your homework done, that’s interference.
Governments are sometimes accused of interference in other countries' affairs. If your neighbor’s in a civil war and your president sends in troops, your country may be accused of interference in that country's internal affairs, If all you hear on your radio is static, you’ve got interference — something is blocking the clear signal. And when a football player blocks another player, that's also interference. The Latin roots of interference are entre-, “between,” and ferire, “strike.”
WORD FAMILY
interference: interferences, noninterference+/interfere: interfered, interference, interferes, interfering/interfering: interferingest
USAGE EXAMPLES
And then there is his disturbing belittling of possible Russian interference in the election.
Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017)
Atlanta piled up 323 yards in the first two quarters, and also benefited from a 46-yard pass interference penalty against Roman Harper.
Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017)
The play was once again reviewed for interference but survived the challenge.
Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017)
1n the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
hinderance, hindrance
foiling, frustration, thwarting
an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
antagonism
(biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
obstruction
the act of obstructing
complication
the act or process of complicating
deterrence
the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety
bar, prevention
the act of preventing
blockage, closure, occlusion
the act of blocking
stall, stalling
a tactic used to mislead or delay
discouragement
the act of discouraging
nuclear deterrence
the military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequence
averting
the act of preventing something from occurring
debarment
the act of prevention by legal means
disqualification
the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified
interception
the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving
non-proliferation, nonproliferation
the prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons)
forestalling, obviation, preclusion
the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
prophylaxis
the prevention of disease
save
(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
crushing, quelling, stifling, suppression
forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
obstruction of justice
impeding those who seek justice in a court (as by trying to influence or intimidate any juror or witness or officer of the court); can result in a finding of contempt of court
act, deed, human action, human activity
something that people do or cause to happen
2n (American football) blocking a player's path with your body
he ran interference for the quarterback
Hyper
block, blocking
the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
3n any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, preventative, preventive
clog
any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
speed bump
a hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway
impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor
any structure that makes progress difficult
4n a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
Syn|Ant|Hyper
intervention
noninterference, nonintervention
a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes
foreign policy
a policy governing international relations
5n electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
disturbance, noise
clutter
unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen
background, background signal
extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
XT, crosstalk
the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling
fadeout
a gradual temporary loss of a transmitted signal due to electrical disturbances
jitter
small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources
atmospheric static, atmospherics, static
a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference
white noise
a noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the audible frequencies of vibration
background noise, ground noise
extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal
background radiation
radiation coming from sources other than those being observed
radio noise
static at radio wavelengths
trouble
an event causing distress or pain
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