impede

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To get in the way of; to hinder. transitive
    — impede someone's progress

词形变化

impedes present,singular,third-person impeding participle,present impeded participle,past impeded past

词汇关系

词源

Borrowed from Latin impediō (“to shackle”), from pēs (“foot”) (compare pedestrian). First attested use as a verb was in William Shakespeare's Macbeth, see quotations.
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