Word familynounobstructerobstructionobstructionismobstructionistobstructivenessobstructoradjectiveobstructionalobstructiveobstruentadverbobstructionallyobstructivelyverbobstruct
PREVENTDELAYwhen someone tries to prevent or delay a legal or political process 〔对司法或政治程序的〕蓄意阻挠,故意拖延
—obstructionist noun [countableC]
Examples from the Corpus
obstructionism• He was able partly to overcome continuing obstructionism by using techniques of regression analysis to estimate load characteristics.• Such obstructionism is a major contributor to delay and the high cost of litigation.• Relieved, perhaps, to have escaped the obstructionism of his officials in St Petersburg, the tsar responded favourably.