单词 | hinder |
释义 | hinder I. hin·der transitive verb 1. obsolete < fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it — Neh 4:3 (Authorized Version) > 2. < policies that will further or hinder the cause of independence > < was greatly hindered in his efforts by bad weather > 3. < machines are sometimes hindered by speed from delivering their best performance — Edith Diehl > < could not hinder himself from dwelling upon it — Stephen Crane > 4. intransitive verb < uncertain whether it would help or hinder > Synonyms: < shallow water and constantly shifting sandbars at the mouth of the Mississippi impeded navigation and hindered the full development of New Orleans as a port — American Guide Series: Louisiana > < after the war German physicists maintained that the Nazis hindered research on a bomb, permitting only work toward an atomic power plant — Current Biography > impede suggests checking motion or progress by or as if by clogging or fettering so that forward activity is difficult < he looked at her, startled, and placed his hand on hers, impeding the rapidity of her embroidery needle — Rose Macaulay > < action is impeded by a multitude of rules and regulations drawn up by the agency itself — E.M.Eriksson > obstruct indicates hindering free and easy passage by obstacles in the way or by interference < at some point below the Danish camp he obstructed the course of the Lea, so that the Danish ships could not be brought downstream — F.M.Stenton > < charged with obstructing the military in the execution of duty — Francis Stuart > < the restriction of the power of the House of Lords to obstruct legislation — Alfred Plummer > block indicates complete obstruction to egress, passage, or exit < roads blocked by the storm > < the steamer Heilo, which, having run aground, was blocking the entrance to Corinto harbor — Current Biography > < a polyglot of diagnostic labels and systems, effectively blocking communication and the collection of medical statistics — G.N.Raines > bar is often a close synonym for block; it may indicate a purposive blocking or suggest a prohibiting that renders a physical obstacle unnecessary < streetcars that, if not quite medieval, bar the road to the hurrying traveler — New York Times > < to bar further immigration of aliens > dam may apply to obstructing whatever flows or may be thought of as flowing < dam up the waters > < instances in which the bile ducts are blocked so that the bile is dammed back — Morris Fishbein > < the nun in her cell lost in contemplation is but inspired by a desire which, dammed in its earthly course, rises and rises to unimaginable heights — Francis Stuart > II. hinder III. hind·er 1. < a long oval forward part and a taillike hinder portion — R.E.Coker > 2. dialect Britain IV. hind·er chiefly dialect |
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