hindrance• Too much speed will certainly be a hindrance to most - but not all - models.• I concentrated on my career, feeling that a family would be a hindrance.• Pistols might be secondary, even a hindrance.• The girls wanted to set the table, but they were more of a hindrance than a help.• The vastness was otherwise a hindrance, however, like shoes five sizes too big.• He allowedphotographers to take these pictures without any hindrance at all.• The biggest hindrance to economicreform has been the lack of access to U.S. markets.• Furthermore, within the range of duties which the State owes its citizens, failure to help is hindrance.• The country's poorinfrastructure is a majorhindrance to importers.• A major hindrance is that cable systems tend to be proprietary and not well interconnected.• The commentator even remarked on the fact that the two loosehorses leading the field had caused no hindrance.• Such people are looking for help, not hindrance, from the Government.• America's top golfers played well despite the hindrance of early morning mist.• Travelers can move through the country without hindrance.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + HINDRANCE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤big, great, major, serious極大的妨礙;嚴重的障礙VERB + HINDRANCE➤be, prove造成阻礙;證明是障礙◇Having a car in the city might prove a hindrance.在城裏有汽車反倒可能成為累贅。➤become變成阻礙PREPOSITION➤without hindrance (formal) 毫無阻礙◇We were allowed to travel around the country without hindrance.我們獲准暢行全國。➤hindrance to對⋯的障礙◇The new regulations are actually a great hindrance to teachers.實際上這些新規定對老師來說是很大的障礙。PHRASES➤without let or hindrance (BrE, law法律) 毫無阻礙;自由地