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impede

verb
🔊/ɪmˈpiːd/
🔊/ɪmˈpiːd/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they impede
🔊/ɪmˈpiːd/
🔊/ɪmˈpiːd/
he / she / it impedes
🔊/ɪmˈpiːdz/
🔊/ɪmˈpiːdz/
past simple impeded
🔊/ɪmˈpiːdɪd/
🔊/ɪmˈpiːdɪd/
past participle impeded
🔊/ɪmˈpiːdɪd/
🔊/ɪmˈpiːdɪd/
-ing form impeding
🔊/ɪmˈpiːdɪŋ/
🔊/ɪmˈpiːdɪŋ/
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  1. impede something to delay or stop the progress of something阻碍；阻止 synonym hinder, hamper
    • Work on the building was impeded by severe weather.楼房的施工因天气恶劣而停了下来。🔊🔊
    • A number of practical difficulties impeded the process.许多实际困难阻碍了这一进程。
    • In what ways did economic factors impede progress?经济因素以什么方式阻碍了进步？
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • greatly
    • seriously
    • severely
    • …
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin impedire ‘shackle the feet of’, based on pes, ped- ‘foot’. Compare with impeach.