hinder,hamper,impede,obstruct,block,dam,bar
These verbs mean to slow or prevent progress or movement.To
這些動詞的意思是使進程、動作變得緩慢或困難.
hinder is to hold back,as by delaying:
Hinder 的意思是通過延遲的方法加以妨礙：
The travelers were hindered by storms throughout their journey.Often the word implies stopping or prevention:
旅行者們一路上被暴風雨所阻礙.這個詞經(jīng)常意味著停止或阻止：
What is to hinder you from trying?To hamper is to hinder by or as if by fastening or entangling:
是什么阻止你嘗試?Hamper 的意思是通過系緊或纏住而妨礙：
A suit and an overcoat hampered the efforts of the accident victim to swim to safety.
套裝和大衣阻礙了事故受害者游到安全地帶的努力.
She was hampered by ill health in building up her business.To impede is to slow by making action or movement difficult:
她糟糕的健康狀況妨礙她建立自己的事業(yè).Impede 的意思是通過使活動、行動發(fā)生困難而延緩發(fā)展：
“Sentiment and eloquence serve only to impede the pursuit of truth” (Macaulay).
“感情用事和夸夸其談只能阻礙對真理的追求” （麥考利）.
Obstruct implies the presence of obstacles that interfere with progress:
Obstruct 表示有干擾或阻止前進的障礙的存在：
A building under construction obstructs our view of the mountains.
正建的樓房擋住了我們眺望遠山的視線.
One of the mugger's accomplices tried to obstruct the police officer from upholding the law.
搶劫犯的一個同伙企圖阻撓警察維護法律.
Block refers to complete obstruction that prevents progress,passage,or action:
Block 表示完全阻擋了進程、通道或行動：
A huge snowdrift is blocking the entrance to the driveway.
大雪堆阻塞了汽車專用道的入口.
“Do not block the way of inquiry” (Charles S.Peirce).
“不要妨礙詢問” （查爾斯·S·派爾斯）.
Dam suggests obstruction of the flow,progress,or release of something,such as water or emotion:
Dam 表示阻止某物的流動、進程或釋放（如水或感情）：
dammed the brook to form a swimming pool;
擋住小溪來建一個游泳池；
dammed up his emotions.To bar is to prevent entry or exit or prohibit a course of action:
克制住了他的情緒.Bar 指阻止進口或出口,或制止行為過程：
mounted troops barring access to the presidential palace;
騎兵封鎖了通往總統(tǒng)府的道路；
laws that bar price fixing.
禁止設置固定物價的法律