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A hindrance is something or someone that makes it harder for you to do what you want — it slows you down or gets in the way, without necessarily stopping you completely. Rain can be a hindrance to a picnic; a broken leg can be a hindrance to playing sports.
阻礙、妨礙(的事物)
組成From the verb hinder (to get in someone's way) + -ance (turns it into a noun for the thing that does this).
同家族的字
- hinderthe base verb — to hinder someone is to cause hindrance
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
hindrancenoun/ˈhɪndɹəns/
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Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
- High-heeled shoes may be fashionable, but they can also be a hindrance to walking.
- The L.C.C. [London County Council] considers viaducts in London objectionable and a hindrance to town planning and would like to abolish all the Southern Railway lines on viaducts in South London. [Nothing much happened, they still exist.]
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The state or act of hindering something.
- Your hindrance of this process will not be tolerated.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。