Obstruct

(verb.) block passage through; 'obstruct the path'.

(verb.) shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; 'The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage'; 'The trees obstruct my view of the mountains'.

(verb.) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; 'His brother blocked him at every turn'.

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• The absence of all valves renders it very suitable for draining marshes, and for other similar purposes, as the muddy water and suspended matters will not obstruct its action. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• But Jenny, my dear,' said Riah, breaking off, 'I promised that you should pursue your questions, and I obstruct them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The exclusive privileges of corporations obstruct it from one place to another, even in the same employment. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In crossing the valley he burned the bridge over Chattanooga Creek, and did all he could to obstruct the roads behind him. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It is those like thee who obstruct all effort to win this war, Gomez said to the staff officer. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• General Butler had, in advance, loaded some vessels with stone ready to be sunk so as to obstruct the channel in an emergency. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It does not obstruct the industry of the people; it subjects the landlord to no other inconveniency besides the unavoidable one of paying the tax. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• This is because sound is reflected when it strikes a large obstructing surface. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• No individual, perhaps, ever possessed a juster understanding, or was so seldom obstructed in the use of it by indolence, enthusiasm, or authority. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The rebels had obstructed the navigation of Yazoo Pass and the Coldwater by felling trees into them. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It is the labour of artificers and manufacturers only of which the free circulation is obstructed by corporation laws. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• High above this to the right, and much nearer thitherward than the Quiet Woman Inn, the blurred contour of Rainbarrow obstructed the sky. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I was like a wild beast that had broken the toils; destroying the objects that obstructed me, and ranging through the wood with a stag-like swiftness. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• I loved him well--too well not to smite out of my path even Jealousy herself, when she would have obstructed a kind farewell. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• They shivered in the emotional gale; they obstructed and the gale became destructive. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Exercise should precede meals, not immediately follow them; the first promotes, the latter, unless moderate, obstructs digestion. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The statute of apprenticeship obstructs the free circulation of labour from one employment to another, even in the same place. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The difficulty of obtaining settlements obstructs even that of common labour. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It obstructs the communication of heat from the furnace to the water, and the metal is thus liable to become red-hot. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• But Muscle Shoals is not navigable, and below them again is another shoal which also obstructs navigation. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Whatever either promotes or obstructs the one, necessarily promotes or obstructs the other. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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