obstructiveness
noun [ U ] disapproving uk/əbˈstrʌk.tɪv.nəs/ us/əbˈstrʌk.t̬ɪv.nəs/
阻碍;阻挠
the quality of trying to stop someone from doing something by causing problems for them
She met the usual obstructiveness whenever she asked for anything. 每当她提出任何要求时,她都会遇到惯常的阻挠。
The obstructiveness of some of the staff makes shopping there unpleasant. 一些工作人员的蓄意阻碍使在那里购物很不愉快。
See: obstructive
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- They cannot allow the obstructiveness of their colleagues to threaten the project.
- He wrote a formal letter of complaint about civil service obstructiveness.
- Gordon carried obstructiveness to the point of insolence.