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obstructive

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ob·struc·tive /əbˈstrʌktɪv/ adjective  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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obstructiveApparently 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.
ob·struc·tive adjectiveChineseSyllable
doing something, trying prevent to from Corpus someone


obstructive
obstructive /əbˈstrʌktɪv/ adjective
1. trying to prevent someone from doing something, by deliberately making it difficult for them:
    an obstructive official
    obstructive tactics
2. medical relating to a blocked tube, passage etc in the body:
    obstructive symptoms


ob·struct·iveBrE /əbˈstrʌktɪv/ 🔊NAmE /əbˈstrʌktɪv/ 🔊 adjectivetrying to prevent sb/sth from making progress 阻挠;妨碍;阻止Of course she can do it. She's just being deliberately obstructive. 这事她当然能做。她只是在刻意阻挠罢了。🔊🔊   compare constructive [only before noun] (medical 医学) connected with a passage, tube, etc. in your body that has become blocked 梗阻的;阻塞的;栓塞的obstructive lung disease肺阻塞疾病