obstructive

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ob·struc·tive /əbˈstrʌktɪv/ adjectiveadj

1 PREVENTtrying to prevent someone from doing something, by deliberately making it difficult for them 蓄意阻挠的，故意妨碍的

an obstructive official

蓄意阻挠的官员

obstructive tactics

阻挠策略

2 medical relating to a blocked tube, passage etc in the body 梗阻的，阻塞的，栓塞的

obstructive symptoms

梗阻症状

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obstructive• Apparently he has a history of COADs - chronic obstructive airways disease.• The socialists were accused of being obstructive and delaying the decision-making process.• The pace of ideation is for the most part so great that a more formal procedure of idea-handling would be obstructive and pointless.• Elevated alkaline phosphatase is associated with liver disease and with both obstructive jaundice and intrahepatic jaundice.• But snoring loudly and habitually can be an indication of a potentially life-threatening breathing disturbance known as obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.• The duration of obstructive symptoms varied widely with a range from a few weeks to several years.• It was ludicrously swollen, unnecessarily big and wholly obstructive to anything that looked like a new idea.• Local councillors can be quite obstructive to new ventures by farmers.• Along with others, Gassendi obviously felt that this whole elaborate conceptual structure was obstructive to, rather than productive of, knowledge.

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