| 单词 | obstructed |
| 释义 | obstructed (once / 2111 pages) adj Something that's obstructed is blocked or closed off. If a spelunker — or cave explorer — finds that a tunnel is obstructed, she'll turn around and crawl back the way she came. If a passageway is obstructed, you can't fit through, and if your throat is obstructed, there's a piece of food stuck there momentarily. The adjective obstructed shows up a lot in medical terminology, especially when the digestive or circulatory systems are unhealthily obstructed, but you can use it to simply mean "blocked." The Latin root is obstructionem, "a barrier or a building up." WORD FAMILYobstructed: unobstructed+/obstruct: obstructed, obstructer, obstructing, obstruction, obstructive, obstructor, obstructs/obstructer: obstructers/obstruction: obstructionism, obstructions/obstructionism: obstructionist/obstructionist: obstructionists/obstructive: obstructively/obstructor: obstructors/unobstructed: unobstructedly USAGE EXAMPLESBut the lawsuit, filed on behalf of Senegal’s widow, claims deputies misrepresented facts and obstructed the investigation. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The current evacuation deal was reached after protracted negotiations brokered by Russia and Turkey, and repeatedly obstructed by Iran and its proxy militias in Syria. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) According to an inspection, furniture filled a fire escape and exits were obstructed — conditions that seemed to echo Oakland’s star-crossed Ghost Ship. Los Angeles Times(Dec 14, 2016) adj shut off to passage or view or hindered from action a partially obstructed passageway an obstructed view justice obstructed is not justice Syn|Ant barred, barricaded, blockaded preventing entry or exit or a course of action blocked, pluggedcompletely obstructed or closed off choked, cloggedstopped up; clogged up deadlocked, stalematedat a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions impededmade difficult or slow occludedclosed off stopped, stopped up, stopped-up(of a nose) blocked stuffyaffected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction thrombosedaffected with or obstructed by a clot of coagulated blood closednot open or affording passage or access unobstructed free from impediment or obstruction or hindrance clear, openaffording free passage or view patent(of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage unimpedednot slowed or prevented uncloggedfreed of obstructions |
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