obstruct
verb /əbˈstrʌkt/
/əbˈstrʌkt/
(formal)动词形式
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they obstruct | /əbˈstrʌkt/ /əbˈstrʌkt/ |
| he / she / it obstructs | /əbˈstrʌkts/ /əbˈstrʌkts/ |
| past simple obstructed | /əbˈstrʌktɪd/ /əbˈstrʌktɪd/ |
| past participle obstructed | /əbˈstrʌktɪd/ /əbˈstrʌktɪd/ |
| -ing form obstructing | /əbˈstrʌktɪŋ/ /əbˈstrʌktɪŋ/ |
- obstruct something to block a road, an entrance, a passage, etc. so that somebody/something cannot get through, see past, etc.
阻挡；阻塞；遮断 - You can't park here, you're obstructing my driveway.
你不能在这里停车，你挡住了我家的车道。 - First check that the accident victim doesn't have an obstructed airway.
首先要确保事故受伤者的气道通畅。 - The pillar obstructed our view of the stage.
柱子挡着，我们看不见舞台。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- partially
- completely
- deliberately
- …
- in
- You can't park here, you're obstructing my driveway.
- obstruct somebody/something to prevent somebody/something from doing something or making progress, especially when this is done deliberately
（故意）妨碍，阻挠，阻碍 - They were charged with obstructing the police in the course of their duty.
他们被指控妨碍警察执行公务。 - He accused terrorists of attempting to obstruct the peace process.
他谴责恐怖分子企图阻碍和平进程。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- partially
- completely
- deliberately
- …
- in
- They were charged with obstructing the police in the course of their duty.
词源late 16th cent.: from Latin obstruct- ‘blocked up’, from the verb obstruere, from ob- ‘against’ + struere ‘build, pile up’.
Idioms
obstruct justice (North American English)
(British English pervert the course of justice)
- (law
法律 妨碍司法（如作伪证等）