| 词汇 | hamper |
| 释义 | hamper verb[ T ] uk /ˈhæm.pər/ us /ˈhæm.pɚ/ to prevent someone doing something easily: 阻碍，妨碍 Fierce storms have been hampering rescue efforts and there is now little chance of finding more survivors.猛烈的暴风雨妨碍了救援工作的进行，现在找到更多生还者的希望已经很渺茫了。 Preventing and impeding anti-drug anti-jamming avoid avoidable avoidably fireproof flameproof frustration guard against something hang have someone/something hanging round your neckidiom head off preclusion preclusive prejudice prevent preventable scuttle smother suffocate hamper noun[ C ] uk /ˈhæm.pər/ us /ˈhæm.pɚ/ a large, rectangular container with a lid: 带盖的长方形大容器 a picnic hamper野餐盒 UK a box containing food and drink, usually given as a present, for example at Christmas（通常作为礼品、装有食品和酒的）食品盒 leezsnow/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages US(UKlaundry basket) a container used for carrying dirty clothes and bed sheets and for storing them while they are waiting to be washed（盛放脏衣物的）洗衣篮 Synonym clothes basket PetrMalyshev/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages General and miscellaneous containers Ball jar bin bindle biscuit tin caddy flowerpot geocache gift box gunnysack handbasket pallet piggy bank planter punnet receptacle safe deposit box workbasket workbox wormery wrap You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Objects & decorations connected with celebrations hamper | American Dictionaryhamper verb[ T ] us/ˈhæm·pər/ hamperverb[T] (MAKE DIFFICULT)to make an action intended to achieve something more difficult: High winds hampered efforts to put out the fire. hamper noun[ C ] us/ˈhæm·pər/ hampernoun[C] (CONTAINER)a large container, often a basket (= container made of strips of wood), with a lid: a laundry/picnic hamper Examples of hamperhamper The lack of records and sufficient tracking for antiquities also hampers efforts to control the problem. Our data are consistent with the notion that infant visual sensitivity is hampered by high levels of noise in the central visual pathways. Understanding why, however, has been hampered by difficulties with the sources. They are, however, hampered by the measurement errors that cloud the signals in observed variables. Beyond this, such institutional features contributed to disputes among church members, thereby hampering the overall efficacy of the organisations. A second problem is that such representations will hamper the variable phonological encoding the model must allow for. The study of linguistic change has always been hampered by the dearth of appropriate real-time data reflecting earlier stages. The application of qualitative simulation to real-world problems has revealed some fundamental problems hampering existing methods. However, in so far as nominal rigidities hamper market adjustments, fiscal policy measures can alleviate temporary country-specific disequilibria. More often worker go-slows, bureaucratic delays, and even business disagreements or absence at meetings hampered progress. But it was hampered by the apolitical traditions that permeated many unions. Such interventions may contribute to undermine the legitimacy of the local government and hamper democratic development by disempowering the political organs of local authorities. On the other hand, representing the knowledge in too much detail may hamper the understandability and transparency. Instead, some of the objects of power mentioned earlier were probably stored in a hamper rather than a bundle. Although such discrepancies hamper cross-variety comparisons and the conclusions drawn from them, they need not obviate them entirely. See all examples of hamper These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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