impediment

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress; impedance.
    — I require and charge you (as you will aunswere at the dreadefull daye of iudgemente, when the secretes of all hartes shalbee disclosed) that if either of you doe knowe any impedimente why ye maie not bee lawfully ioyned together in matrimonie, that ye confesse it.
  2. A disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech.
    — Working in a noisy factory left me with a slight hearing impediment.
  3. Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta. in-plural
    — We were all on foot, officers and men alike. Our horses, baggage, and impediments had been left at Brashear to follow the column of General Emory.

词形变化

impediments plural

词汇关系

近义词
hindrance obstruction obstacle
衍生词
absolute impediment diriment impediment hindering impediment impedimental impedimented impediment of crime speech impediment
相关词
impede impedimenta

词源

From Middle English impediment, borrowed from Latin impedimentum.
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