impediment
/ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt/ 名词 C1中文： 障碍
- A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress; impedance.
- A disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech. · Working in a noisy factory left me with a slight hearing impediment.
- Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.
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Thus Richard III., for instance, was marvellously served by his conscience after the putting away of the two children of Edward IV.; in fact, he could say, ‘These two children of a cruel and persecuting king, who have inherited the vices of their father, which I alone could perceive in their juvenile propensities—these two children are impediments in my way of promoting the happiness of the English people, whose unhappiness they (the children) would infallibly have caused.’ Thus was Lady Macbeth served by her conscience, when she sought to give her son, and not her husband (whatever Shakespeare may say), a throne.
“If I tell you one thing, you will be so amiable as to set aside all impediments.”
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