Impediment - Английское значение и перевод слова Impediment на Русский язык

noun

A long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon.

Примеры использования:

An iron bar

verb

Fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars.

Примеры использования:

She bolted and barred the door

preposition

Except for.

Примеры использования:

His kids were all gone now, bar one

noun

A fence or other obstacle that prevents movement or access.

Примеры использования:

The mountain barrier between norway and sweden

noun

Anything used or acting to block someone from going somewhere or from doing something, or to block something from happening

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The secret service erected concrete barriers around the white house., jackie robinson was the afric…

noun

Something that prevents something else from happening or makes it more difficult

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Barrier (to sth) in an ideal world, there would be no barriers to the free movement of people betwe…

noun

A large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side.

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A block of marble

verb

Make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible.

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The narrow roads were blocked by cars

verb

Obstruct

noun

A device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, typically by applying pressure to the wheels.

Примеры использования:

He slammed on his brakes

verb

Another term for brake van.

noun

An open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels.

Примеры использования:

The cost of travelling by alternative means such as coach or brake was prohibitive over a season, s…

verb

Intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped).

Примеры использования:

She threw the bottle into the air and caught it again

noun

An act of catching something, typically a ball.

Примеры использования:

I saw myself fumbling easy catches and looking clumsy.

verb

Take hold of so as to seize or stop the motion of

verb

Examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something.

Примеры использования:

Customs officers have the right to check all luggage

noun

An examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition.

Примеры использования:

A campaign calling for regular checks on gas appliances

exclamation

Us spelling of cheque.

noun

A check or restraint on something.

Примеры использования:

Plans to introduce tougher curbs on insider dealing

verb

Variant spelling of kerb.

noun

A stone edging to a pavement or raised path.

noun

A thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something.

Примеры использования:

Cameras are a major deterrent to crime

adjective

Able or intended to deter.

Примеры использования:

The deterrent effect of heavy prison sentences

noun

Something that deters people from doing something

Примеры использования:

A nuclear deterrent, tougher prison sentences may act/serve as a deterrent to other would-be offend…

noun

The state or condition of being difficult.

Примеры использования:

Guy had no difficulty in making friends

noun

The fact of not being easy, or of being hard to do or understand

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[ u ] he has some difficulty hearing people when they speak softly., [ c usually pl ] in 1986 he ex…

noun

A feature that renders something less acceptable; a disadvantage or problem.

Примеры использования:

The main drawback of fitting catalytic converters is the cost

noun

A disadvantage or problem; the negative part of a situation

Примеры использования:

One of the drawbacks of working for a big company is that you have to follow a lot of rules.

noun

A disadvantage, or the negative part of a situation, product, etc.

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A drawback for some savers is that the bond has a minimum investment of £10,000., a big/main/major …

noun

An impediment or burden.

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The horse raised its hind leg as if to rid itself of an encumbrance

noun

A mortgage or other charge on a property, or the fact of a property having a mortgage, etc.

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An encumbrance is a legal claim on a property that affects the owner's ability to transfer the owne…

adjective

Losing strength or momentum.

Примеры использования:

His faltering career

verb

Lose strength or momentum.

Примеры использования:

The music faltered, stopped, and started up again

adjective

Losing strength or purpose and stopping, or almost stopping

Примеры использования:

This legislation is designed to stimulate the faltering economy., she spoke in a faltering voice th…

noun

A circumstance that makes progress or success difficult.

Примеры использования:

Not being able to drive was something of a handicap

verb

Act as an impediment to.

Примеры использования:

Lack of funding has handicapped the development of research

noun

A physical or mental condition that makes ordinary activities more difficult than they are for other people

Примеры использования:

His loss of hearing was a severe handicap., their lack of knowledge of computer programming was not…

noun

The quality or state of being hesitant.

Примеры использования:

Jackson took advantage of some hesitancy in the defence to rifle in a shot

noun

A thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone.

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A hindrance to the development process

noun

Something that makes it more difficult for you to do something or for something to develop

Примеры использования:

I've never considered my disability a hindrance, but other people have.

verb

Move (something) into a different position with a jerk.

Примеры использования:

She hitched up her skirt and ran

noun

A temporary difficulty or problem.

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Everything went without a hitch

verb

Hook or entangle

noun

An important topic or problem for debate or discussion.

Примеры использования:

The issue of racism

verb

Supply or distribute (something) for use or sale.

Примеры использования:

Licences were issued indiscriminately to any company

noun

A subject or problem that people are thinking and talking about

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There continues to be a great deal of debate over the property tax issue., isn’t the need to hire m…

noun

A limiting rule or circumstance; a restriction.

Примеры использования:

Severe limitations on water use

noun

The act of controlling, or something that controls

Примеры использования:

[ c ] the major limitation of early record players was the short playing time of the records., [ u …

noun

Something that controls or reduces something

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Limitation on/upon sth there are strict limitations on where such businesses can locate., impose/pl…

noun

A speech defect in which s is pronounced like th in thick and z is pronounced like th in this.

Примеры использования:

He spoke with a slight lisp

verb

Speak with a lisp.

Примеры использования:

She spoke softly, lisping slightly

noun

A high-level computer programming language devised for list processing.

Примеры использования:

Interestingly, they wrote their code primarily in lisp, an artificial intelligence language most co…

noun

A thing that blocks one's way or prevents or hinders progress.

Примеры использования:

The major obstacle to achieving that goal is money

noun

Something that blocks your way so that movement or progress is prevented or made more difficult

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We suddenly encountered an obstacle along the trail., money seems to be no obstacle.

noun

The action of obstructing or the state of being obstructed.

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Walkers could proceed with the minimum of obstruction

noun

A matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome.

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They have financial problems

adjective

Denoting or relating to people whose behaviour causes difficulties to themselves and others.

Примеры использования:

Practitioners help families develop strategies for managing problem behaviour in teens

noun

Something that causes difficulty or that is hard to deal with

Примеры использования:

Financing the camp’s athletic program is a problem., he has a serious health problem., i’m having p…

noun

A measure or condition that keeps someone or something under control.

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Decisions are made within the financial restraints of the budget

noun

A limiting condition or measure, especially a legal one.

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Planning restrictions on commercial development

noun

Something that limits someone's actions or movement, or limits the amount, size, etc., of something

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[ c ] you can get a discount fare, but some restrictions (= rules about limits) apply.

noun

An official limit or control on what people or companies are allowed to do, or on what can happen

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Impose/place/put restrictions on sth this practice imposes unneccessary restrictions on employment.…

noun

A reversal or check in progress.

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A serious setback for the peace process

noun

Something that causes delay or stops progress

Примеры использования:

Democrats suffered a serious setback in yesterday’s election, losing all three contested seats.

noun

Something that happens that causes a delay or prevents a process from continuing

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He suffered a setback yesterday in his attempts to take a stake in the mobile phone company., a set…

noun

An unexpected or hidden obstacle or drawback.

Примеры использования:

There's one small snag

verb

Catch or tear (something) on a sharp projection.

Примеры использования:

Thorns snagged his sweater

noun

A sausage.

Примеры использования:

I make my own snags, my own pies and pasties

abbreviation

Stone (in weight).

abbreviation

Saint.

Примеры использования:

St george

suffix

Forming the second person singular of verbs.

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Canst

verb

Speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words.

Примеры использования:

He turned red and started stammering

noun

A tendency to stammer.

Примеры использования:

As a young man, he had a dreadful stammer

verb

To speak or say something with unusual pauses or repeated sounds; stutter

Примеры использования:

[ i ] he stammers when he is nervous., robert has a slight stammer which was much worse when he was…

verb

Talk with continued involuntary repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants.

Примеры использования:

The child was stuttering in fright

noun

A tendency to stutter while speaking.

Примеры использования:

‘she's p-perfectly j-justified,’ he said with his intermittent stutter

verb

To speak or say part of a word with difficulty, esp. by repeating it several times or by pausing before it

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[ i ] he doesn’t normally stutter when he speaks., i type up tapes of people talking, all the stutt…