| 单词 | hinder |
| 释义 | hinder (once / 300 pages) 1v 2adj The verb hinder means to block or put something in the way of, so if you’re in a high-speed car chase with the police, they might put up a blockade to hinder your progress. The word hinder came from the Old English hindrian, which means to "injure or damage." That's a little more extreme than what it means today, because, now it just means to get in the way of something or someone. People might not like you too much if you make it a practice to hinder their progress or get in the way of things they want, even it's a small hindrance like blocking someone from getting to the cookie jar. WORD FAMILYhinder: hindered, hindering, hinders, hindrance+/hindered: unhindered/hindering: hinderingly/hindrance: hindrances USAGE EXAMPLESBut “this lifesaving work remains hindered by the shortage of funding and limited access to areas caught in the fighting,” he said. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Those practices hindered the rival companies’ sales and left their products vulnerable to lawsuits, the regulator said. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) According to the regulator, Qualcomm limited or refused access to vital wireless technology patents for rivals in Korea, hindering sales at companies such as Samsung. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1v be a hindrance or obstacle to Syn|Hypo|Hyper impede block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude block passage through inhibitlimit, block, or decrease the action or function of interferecome between so as to be hindrance or obstacle set backslow down the progress of; hinder hobblehamper the action or progress of stuntcheck the growth or development of block off, blockadeobstruct 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 dwarfcheck the growth of keep, prevent stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state 2v hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of Syn|Hypo|Hyper block, blockade, embarrass, obstruct, 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 put at a disadvantage 2The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements Syn|Hyper hamper, handicap disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm adj located at or near the back of an animal the hinder part of a carcass Syn back, hind posterior located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure |
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