something that delays or stops the progress of sth
The level of inflation is a serious impediment to economic recovery.
通货膨胀是影响经济复苏的严重障碍。
a speech impediment
言语障碍
1.妨碍,阻碍 (to);障碍物
2.口吃
3.同“impedimenta”
4.法定婚姻的障碍
1.妨碍,阻碍 (to);障碍物
2.口吃
3.同“impedimenta”
4.法定婚姻的障碍
1.Same as impedimenta
2.something that makes it more difficult for someone to do something or more difficult for something to happen
3.a physical or psychological problem that affects how well someone can do something
1.I told him that I once a girl long ago because she had a seemingly incurable speech impediment.
我告诉他我很久以前曾经和一个女孩分手，因为她有看上去不能医治的说话障碍。
2.Impetuous as he was, he would take stern measures against anyone whom he considered to be an impediment to his progress.
尽管他性子急躁，但对于他认为是进步的阻碍的人会采取严厉的措施。
3."It would be stretching the point a bit to say an economics degree is an impediment to writing about economics, " he said.
他表示：“有经济学学位，就会妨碍撰写关于经济的文章，这种说法未免有些牵强。”
4.As you'll see when I discuss modeling solutions, this turns out to be a real impediment to design.
在我讨论建模解决方案时您会看到，结果成为这种设计的真正障碍。
5.One impediment to our discussion of operating systems is the question of what to call all the CPU activities.
在讨论操作系统时所遇到的一个问题是怎样定义CPU活动。
6.All this explains why Berlusconi's libertine reputation isn't a political impediment, as it would be in the United States.
这一切便解释了为何贝鲁斯科尼的放荡名声不会是他的政治绊脚石，在美国则不然了。
7.'if any of you know cause, or just impediment, why these two persons should not be joined together in Holy Matrimony. '
这一版本中向会众发问的措词是：“如果你们当中的任何人知道任何理由或阻碍，认为这两个人不应该以神圣的婚姻之名结合在一起，（请指出来）。”
8.There was also a study done, that not surprisingly, 92 % of the children in Iraq had learning impediment, due to a climate of fear.
这并不奇怪，目前已有研究表明，92%的伊拉克儿童都患有学习障碍，其主要原因是令有令人胆战心惊的氛围。
9.Napoleon never lost sight of his goal, because Britain represented the last substantial impediment to his control of Europe.
拿破仑从未忘却他的目标，因为英国是他统治全欧的最后一个重大的障碍。
10.Taiwan has been a major impediment to comprehensive regional building, and the region as a whole could therefore move faster after ECFA.
台湾是全面地区建设的一大障碍，因此，在《两岸经济合作框架协议》签署之后，该地区整体来看有望实现更快发展。