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Definition of roadblock in English: roadblocknoun ˈrəʊdblɒkˈroʊdˌblɑk 1A barrier or barricade on a road, especially one set up by the authorities to stop and examine traffic. (尤指政府为检查车辆设置的)路障;关卡;道路障碍 Example sentencesExamples - Attempts to depart are met with roadblocks and gangs of confrontational junk cars.
- Mining villages are ringed with officers, police roadblocks established, non-police movements restricted.
- From a hilltop in a silent residential quarter, the vigil filed down to the junction where the main road reopens - but only as far as the roadblock five hundred yards away.
- Policeman can lose sight of you as you drive through their roadblock, and criminals on foot don't actually come looking for you as a rule.
- Our car slows down for traffic, and Daddy says, ‘It's a roadblock, see the cops way up there?’
- Setting himself up as a roadblock, Don Quijote demands that they identify and explain themselves.
- The mixture of fear and exhilaration he feels when passing through a police roadblock isn't logical, but it is completely understandable.
- There is a roadblock somewhere further ahead and the convoy stalls for the night.
- Later, after Hass exposed the situation in an article for the paper, the army returns the roadblock to its original location.
- The next day they called a general strike, and roadblocks appeared everywhere.
- They explained to the cabbie, who at one point talked us through a roadblock, that I was looking for an American and the American wasn't at home.
- The traditional teachers in the school lash out at her modern ways, gangs roam the streets, and roadblocks prevent travel outside of the area.
- That meant having to hide the cameras to capture footage of the police and military roadblocks that are a common sight across Mexico.
Synonyms barrier, obstacle, blockade, bar, fence, obstruction, bulwark, stockade, rampart, palisade, hurdle, protection, defence - 1.1US A hindrance or obstruction.
〈美〉妨碍;障碍 the biggest roadblock to solar power is its price tag the tax has become a roadblock against investment incentives 这项税收成了影响投资积极性的一个障碍。 Example sentencesExamples - Technological advances aren't the only challenges facing those in transportation: Rising gas and oil prices put up a formidable roadblock, too.
- At the same time, Du Bois's and Washington's own notions of elitism within ‘the race’ suggest a less obvious yet equally formidable roadblock.
- In light of these video issues, the burnt-in subtitles may seem minor, but it was another roadblock to enjoyment of the film.
- For months she struggled with computers and photography - ‘technological addictions’ she calls them - physical demons and creative roadblocks in order to find her film's voice.
- At any rate, regardless of the roadblocks a company faces in bringing innovative new products to market, exciting times are surely ahead, so stay tuned.
- Not every writer has mastered the craft well enough to navigate around the roadblocks, and that's the reason why god created editors.
- Greece's attempts to get the British government to return the Elgin Marbles have met another roadblock, this time from within.
- Rather, he cautions young musicians to beware of the dangers of political roadblocks in building a career.
- The Guide explains the most common roadblocks to such institutional use of local food and how to get around them.
- In fact, his lyricism is at once his greatest strength and greatest roadblock to growth.
- A few years ago, I was hitting a roadblock in my personal work.
- Can't the world conspire to ambush you, putting up dead ends and roadblocks where once there were wide-open personal spaces?
- It is after this strong three song opening salvo that the album should run into a roadblock.
- Of course, there's one big roadblock with this release: It's saddled with a remixing/remastering treatment that sands down some of the original's edges.
- Rather than enhancements, these are roadblocks to communication and empathy.
- The sound, while dated, presents no significant roadblocks to the enjoyment of the music.
- We're trying to tell them it's the same principle as sending out soil samples to analyze, but we are still running into roadblocks.
- The mentorship, she believes, will help the younger generation address the physical, attitudinal, and practical roadblocks between them and architectural careers.
- It puts up a roadblock to the ultimate solution.
- Stone ran into considerable roadblocks when making the film.
Definition of roadblock in US English: roadblocknounˈrōdˌbläkˈroʊdˌblɑk 1A barrier or barricade on a road, especially one set up by the authorities to stop and examine traffic. (尤指政府为检查车辆设置的)路障;关卡;道路障碍 Example sentencesExamples - Setting himself up as a roadblock, Don Quijote demands that they identify and explain themselves.
- Mining villages are ringed with officers, police roadblocks established, non-police movements restricted.
- The traditional teachers in the school lash out at her modern ways, gangs roam the streets, and roadblocks prevent travel outside of the area.
- Attempts to depart are met with roadblocks and gangs of confrontational junk cars.
- Our car slows down for traffic, and Daddy says, ‘It's a roadblock, see the cops way up there?’
- There is a roadblock somewhere further ahead and the convoy stalls for the night.
- The next day they called a general strike, and roadblocks appeared everywhere.
- The mixture of fear and exhilaration he feels when passing through a police roadblock isn't logical, but it is completely understandable.
- Policeman can lose sight of you as you drive through their roadblock, and criminals on foot don't actually come looking for you as a rule.
- They explained to the cabbie, who at one point talked us through a roadblock, that I was looking for an American and the American wasn't at home.
- From a hilltop in a silent residential quarter, the vigil filed down to the junction where the main road reopens - but only as far as the roadblock five hundred yards away.
- Later, after Hass exposed the situation in an article for the paper, the army returns the roadblock to its original location.
- That meant having to hide the cameras to capture footage of the police and military roadblocks that are a common sight across Mexico.
Synonyms barrier, obstacle, blockade, bar, fence, obstruction, bulwark, stockade, rampart, palisade, hurdle, protection, defence - 1.1US Any hindrance.
the biggest roadblock to solar power is its price tag Example sentencesExamples - A few years ago, I was hitting a roadblock in my personal work.
- Technological advances aren't the only challenges facing those in transportation: Rising gas and oil prices put up a formidable roadblock, too.
- The mentorship, she believes, will help the younger generation address the physical, attitudinal, and practical roadblocks between them and architectural careers.
- Greece's attempts to get the British government to return the Elgin Marbles have met another roadblock, this time from within.
- Can't the world conspire to ambush you, putting up dead ends and roadblocks where once there were wide-open personal spaces?
- Not every writer has mastered the craft well enough to navigate around the roadblocks, and that's the reason why god created editors.
- The sound, while dated, presents no significant roadblocks to the enjoyment of the music.
- We're trying to tell them it's the same principle as sending out soil samples to analyze, but we are still running into roadblocks.
- In fact, his lyricism is at once his greatest strength and greatest roadblock to growth.
- Of course, there's one big roadblock with this release: It's saddled with a remixing/remastering treatment that sands down some of the original's edges.
- At any rate, regardless of the roadblocks a company faces in bringing innovative new products to market, exciting times are surely ahead, so stay tuned.
- Stone ran into considerable roadblocks when making the film.
- For months she struggled with computers and photography - ‘technological addictions’ she calls them - physical demons and creative roadblocks in order to find her film's voice.
- At the same time, Du Bois's and Washington's own notions of elitism within ‘the race’ suggest a less obvious yet equally formidable roadblock.
- Rather, he cautions young musicians to beware of the dangers of political roadblocks in building a career.
- Rather than enhancements, these are roadblocks to communication and empathy.
- It is after this strong three song opening salvo that the album should run into a roadblock.
- It puts up a roadblock to the ultimate solution.
- In light of these video issues, the burnt-in subtitles may seem minor, but it was another roadblock to enjoyment of the film.
- The Guide explains the most common roadblocks to such institutional use of local food and how to get around them.
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