impede

im·pede

I0055400 (ĭm-pēd′)tr.v. im·ped·ed, im·ped·ing, im·pedes To retard or obstruct the progress of. See Synonyms at hinder¹.

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[Latin impedīre; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

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im·ped′er n.

impede

(ɪmˈpiːd) vb (tr) to restrict or retard in action, progress, etc; hinder; obstruct[C17: from Latin impedīre to hinder, literally: shackle the feet, from pēs foot] imˈpeder n imˈpedingly adv

im•pede

(ɪmˈpid)

v.t. -ped•ed, -ped•ing. to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder. [1595–1605; < Latin impedīre to entangle, literally, to snare the feet =im- im-¹ + pedīre, v. derivative of pēs foot] syn: See prevent.

impede

Past participle: impeded
Gerund: impeding

Imperative
impede
impede

Present
I impede
you impede
he/she/it impedes
we impede
you impede
they impede

Preterite
I impeded
you impeded
he/she/it impeded
we impeded
you impeded
they impeded

Present Continuous
I am impeding
you are impeding
he/she/it is impeding
we are impeding
you are impeding
they are impeding

Present Perfect
I have impeded
you have impeded
he/she/it has impeded
we have impeded
you have impeded
they have impeded

Past Continuous
I was impeding
you were impeding
he/she/it was impeding
we were impeding
you were impeding
they were impeding

Past Perfect
I had impeded
you had impeded
he/she/it had impeded
we had impeded
you had impeded
they had impeded

Future
I will impede
you will impede
he/she/it will impede
we will impede
you will impede
they will impede

Future Perfect
I will have impeded
you will have impeded
he/she/it will have impeded
we will have impeded
you will have impeded
they will have impeded

Future Continuous
I will be impeding
you will be impeding
he/she/it will be impeding
we will be impeding
you will be impeding
they will be impeding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been impeding
you have been impeding
he/she/it has been impeding
we have been impeding
you have been impeding
they have been impeding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been impeding
you will have been impeding
he/she/it will have been impeding
we will have been impeding
you will have been impeding
they will have been impeding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been impeding
you had been impeding
he/she/it had been impeding
we had been impeding
you had been impeding
they had been impeding

Conditional
I would impede
you would impede
he/she/it would impede
we would impede
you would impede
they would impede

Past Conditional
I would have impeded
you would have impeded
he/she/it would have impeded
we would have impeded
you would have impeded
they would have impeded

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	impede - be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"hinderobturate, occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block - block passage through; "obstruct the path"prevent, keep - stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"inhibit - limit, block, or decrease the action or function of; "inhibit the action of the enzyme"; "inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction"interfere - come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle; "Your talking interferes with my work!"set back - slow down the progress of; hinder; "His late start set him back"hobble - hamper the action or progress of; "The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean"stunt - check the growth or development of; "You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles"
	2.	impede - block passage through; "obstruct the path"obturate, occlude, close up, obstruct, jam, blockblock off, blockade - obstruct access tobarricado, barricade - block off with barricadesbarricade - prevent access to by barricading; "The street where the President lives is always barricaded"asphyxiate, suffocate, stifle, choke - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"tie up - restrain from moving or operating normally; "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred"dam, dam up - obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River"block out, screen - prevent from entering; "block out the strong sunlight"earth up, land up - block with earth, as after a landslidebarricade, block, block up, blockade, block off, bar, stop - render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road"clog, clog up, congest, choke off, foul, back up, choke - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"hinder, impede - be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"

impede

verb hinder, stop, slow (down), check, bar, block, delay, hold up, brake, disrupt, curb, restrain, hamper, thwart, clog, obstruct, retard, encumber, cumber, throw a spanner in the works of (Brit. informal) Fallen rocks are impeding the progress of rescue workers.
help, further, aid, advance, promote, assist

impede

verb1. To interfere with the progress of:bog (down), encumber, hinder, hold back, obstruct.Idiom: get in the way of.2. To stop or prevent passage of:bar, block, dam, obstruct.Idiom: be in the way of.

Translations

妨碍阻止

impede

(imˈpiːd) verb to prevent or delay the start or progress of. Progress on the building of the road was impeded by a fall of rock. 妨礙，阻止 妨碍，阻止 impediment (imˈpedimənt) noun1. something that delays or prevents. 妨礙 妨碍2. a small fault in a person's speech. A stammer is a speech impediment. 障礙 口吃