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An obstructionist is a person who tries to prevent or delay a legal or political process. The word is also an adjective: obstructionist tactics, an obstructionist senator. Same world as — parliaments, courts, meetings where delay itself is the weapon. It is a formal, often label; people rarely call themselves obstructionists. Though actually, in some systems a minority uses delay on purpose, and supporters may call that standing firm.
杯葛者;蓄意阻撓的(人/手段)
組成From obstruction + -ist, the ending for a person who does that thing, as in specialist.
同家族的字
- obstructionthe blocking
- obstructionismthe practice this person follows
- obstructthe verb — to block
原始詞典資料4 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。
obstructionistnoun/əbˈstɹʌk.ʃənˌɪst/
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Someone who systematically obstructs the actions of others.
- "And you, sir, have lived an unimaginative obstructionist and never can hope now to emerge from it."
- The obstructionists didn't have their own plan, but they counted, successfully, on delay to frustrate any alternative.
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Someone who systematically obstructs the actions of others.
obstructionistadj/əbˈstɹʌk.ʃənˌɪst/
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Pertaining to obstructionism.
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Obstructionistic.
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。