单词 | roadblock |
释义 | roadblock (once / 9134 pages) n A literal roadblock is a barricade or obstruction that's meant to block traffic. A figurative roadblock is any situation you encounter that makes it difficult or impossible to do what you want or need to do. When a driver encounters a roadblock, she has to stop and go back, or to take a detour and use a different route. This sort of roadblock might be set up to divert cars away from construction or an accident. Other roadblocks are obstructions to progress, like a lawsuit that halts construction on a building or the high cost of something: "The price of converting to a solar water heater was a roadblock to our plans." WORD FAMILYroadblock: roadblocks USAGE EXAMPLESBut as Republicans plan to reserve the first 100 days of Congress for their more partisan goals, Democrats are preparing roadblocks. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Before it was over, two armored-car guards were shot and two police officers — one black and one white — were gunned down at a roadblock. New York Times(Jan 12, 2012) The filing says the second roadblock is banking regulator approval of Capital One’s proposed takeover of Cabela’s Lincoln-based World’s Foremost Bank. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective Syn|Hypo|Hyper barrier ideological barrier a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologies language barrierbarrier to communication resulting from speaking different languages iron curtainan impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy; used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the demarcation between democratic and communist countries bamboo curtainan ideological barrier around communist China especially in the 1950s and 1960s Jim Crow, color bar, color line, colour bar, colour linebarrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites obstacle, obstruction something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted 2n a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. Syn|Hyper barricade barrier a structure or object that impedes free movement |
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