set up roadblocks• In 1997, officersarrested more than 80 members of the RainbowFamily after setting up roadblocks to control the crowds.• Police did nothing to stop them from burning dozens of homes and setting up roadblocks to prevent the Madurese escaping.• Police nationwide will be setting up roadblocks to stop the killerstransportingvanloads of explosives at will.• Police set up roadblocks circling Harare and prevented thousands of people from gathering in the city centre.
1barrier across a road路障ADJECTIVE | VERB + ROADBLOCK | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤army, military, police軍用路障;警用路障VERB + ROADBLOCK➤set up設置路障◇Police set up a roadblock on the road to the capital.警察在通往首都的路上設置了路障。➤remove移除路障PREPOSITION➤at a/the roadblock在路障處◇They were stopped at a roadblock leaving the city.他們離城時在路障處被截住了。➤through a/the roadblock穿過路障◇The truck drove through the roadblock at 100 mph.卡車以 100 英里的時速駛過了路障。roadblock
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2 (NAmE) problem難題ADJECTIVE | VERB + ROADBLOCK | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤big, major大的障礙◇Funding has been a major roadblock.資金成了主要的障礙。➤potential潛在的障礙◇The proposed merger is already facing potential roadblocks.提議中的合併已經面臨着潛在的障礙。➤political政治障礙VERB + ROADBLOCK➤remove清除障礙➤encounter, hit遇到障礙◇The company hit its first roadblock last year.該公司去年遇到了第一個難題。➤face面對障礙➤create, put up, throw up形成障礙;設立障礙;匆忙設置障礙◇This bill would create a roadblock for women.這一法案會對婦女形成障礙。➤overcome克服障礙PREPOSITION➤up against a roadblock遇到障礙◇No sooner had they celebrated their victory than they came up against a new roadblock.他們剛慶祝完勝利就遇到了一個新的障礙。➤roadblock in⋯方面的障礙◇I was hitting a roadblock in my personal work.我的個人事業遇到了困難。➤roadblock to對⋯的障礙◇self-defeating beliefs and other roadblocks to happiness適得其反的觀念及其他幸福之路上的障礙