impediment 音标拼音: [ɪmp'ɛdəmənt]
n . 妨碍,阻碍,阻止,口吃,行李
妨碍,阻碍,阻止,口吃,行李
impediment n 1 :
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress [
synonym : {
hindrance }, {
hinderance }, {
deterrent },
{
impediment }, {
balk }, {
baulk }, {
check }, {
handicap }]
2 :
any structure that makes progress difficult [
synonym :
{
obstruction }, {
obstructor }, {
obstructer }, {
impediment },
{
impedimenta }]
Impediment \
Im *
ped "
i *
ment \,
v .
t .
To impede . [
R .] --
Bp .
Reynolds .
[
1913 Webster ]
Impediment \
Im *
ped "
i *
ment \,
n . [
L .
impedimentum :
cf .
F .
impediment .]
That which impedes or hinders progress ,
motion ,
activity ,
or effect .
[
1913 Webster ]
Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Impediment in speech },
a defect which prevents distinct utterance .
Syn :
Hindrance ;
obstruction ;
obstacle ;
difficulty ;
incumbrance .
Usage : {
Impediment }, {
Obstacle }, {
Difficulty }, {
Hindrance }.
An impediment literally strikes against our feet ,
checking our progress ,
and we remove it .
An obstacle rises before us in our path ,
and we surmount or remove it .
A difficulty sets before us something hard to be done ,
and we encounter it and overcome it .
A hindrance holds us back for a time ,
but we break away from it .
[
1913 Webster ]
The eloquence of Demosthenes was to Philip of Macedon ,
a difficulty to be met with his best resources ,
an obstacle to his own ambition ,
and an impediment in his political career . --
C .
J .
Smith .
[
1913 Webster ]
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "
impediment ":
arrest ,
arrestation ,
arrestment ,
bar ,
barrier ,
blank wall ,
blind alley ,
blind gut ,
block ,
blockade ,
blockage ,
blocking ,
bottleneck ,
burden ,
burthen ,
cargo ,
cecum ,
charge ,
check ,
choking ,
choking off ,
clog ,
clogging ,
closing up ,
closure ,
congestion ,
constipation ,
constriction ,
costiveness ,
cramp ,
cross ,
cul -
de -
sac ,
cumbrance ,
curb ,
dead end ,
deadweight ,
delay ,
detainment ,
detention ,
difficulty ,
disadvantage ,
embarrassment ,
embolism ,
embolus ,
encumbrance ,
fixation ,
foot -
dragging ,
freight ,
gorge ,
hamper ,
hampering ,
handicap ,
hang -
up ,
hindering ,
hindrance ,
hitch ,
hold -
up ,
holdback ,
holdup ,
hurdle ,
impasse ,
impedance ,
impedimenta ,
imposition ,
inconvenience ,
infarct ,
infarction ,
inhibition ,
interference ,
interruption ,
jam ,
let ,
load ,
lumber ,
mountain ,
negativism ,
nuisance value ,
obstacle ,
obstipation ,
obstruction ,
obstructionism ,
occlusion ,
onus ,
opposition ,
pack ,
penalty ,
repression ,
resistance ,
restraint ,
restriction ,
retardation ,
retardment ,
rub ,
sealing off ,
setback ,
snag ,
squeeze ,
stop ,
stoppage ,
stranglehold ,
strangulation ,
stricture ,
stumbling block ,
suppression ,
trouble ,
weight ,
white elephant
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