English Dictionary

impediment

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt/

名詞

複数形

A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress. / A disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech. / (chiefly in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.

日本語の意味

妨げ、障害（進行を妨げるもの） / 障害、特に聴覚や言語に関する障害 / （複数形で）荷物、特に軍の荷物

Her lack of funds was an impediment to starting the business.

資金不足は事業を始める上での障害だった。

意味（1）

A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress.

I require and charge you (as you will aunswere at the dreadefull daye of iudgemente, when the secretes of all hartes shalbee disclosed) that if either of you doe knowe any impedimente why ye maie not bee lawfully ioyned together in matrimonie, that ye confesse it.

意味（2）

A disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech.

Working in a noisy factory left me with a slight hearing impediment.

意味（3）

(chiefly in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.

We were all on foot, officers and men alike. Our horses, baggage, and impediments had been left at Brashear to follow the column of General Emory.

impediments （ plural ）