- 1
A roadblock is literally something placed across a road to stop traffic — police set these up to check cars, especially after a crime. Much more commonly, in everyday talk, 'roadblock' means any problem or obstacle that stops progress on a plan, project, or goal.
路障;(比喻)阻礙、絆腳石
組成road + block (compound word — something that blocks the road)
同家族的字
- blockthe base word — to stop something from moving forward
原始詞典資料3 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。
roadblocknoun
- 1
Something that blocks or obstructs a road.
- 2
An obstacle or impediment.
- to hit roadblocks
- […] let’s get back to Earl, who had run into a roadblock in his desire to administer wedgies. As it turns out, underpants didn’t exist in the 18th century and without underpants, the whole wedgie business becomes a problem.
roadblockverb
- 1
informalTo prevent, to hinder.
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。