obstructiveness
noun[ U ]
disapprovinguk /əbˈstrʌk.tɪv.nəs/ us /əbˈstrʌk.t̬ɪv.nəs/
the quality of trying to stop someone from doing something by causing problems for them: 阻碍;阻挠
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。
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obstructive
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.
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