impede
impede 英 [ɪmˈpi:d] 美 [ɪmˈpid]
vt. 阻碍；妨碍；阻止
进行时:impeding 过去式:impeded 过去分词:impeded 第三人称单数:impedes 名词复数:impedes
- To impede something is to delay or block its progress or movement. Carrying six heavy bags will impede your progress if you're trying to walk across town in a hurry.
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- vt. 阻碍；妨碍；阻止
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1. One shouldn't impede other's progress.
一个人不应该妨碍他人进步。
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2. Sentiment and eloquence serve only to impede the pursuit of truth.
感情用事和夸夸其谈只能阻碍对真理的追求。
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3. Imperious in manner, he could be quite impersonal in his dealings with those whom he thought might impede his progress.
他虽然样子傲慢，但是和那些他认为会阻碍他前进的人打交道时，他可以相当客观。
- impede (v.) c. 1600, back-formation from impediment, or else from Latin impedire "impede, be in the way, hinder, detain," literally "to shackle the feet," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (from PIE root *en "in") + pes (genitive pedis) "foot," from PIE root *ped- "foot." Related: Impeded; impedes; impeding; impedient.
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