hamper

verb

/ˈhæmpə(r)/

/ˈhæmpər/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they hamper	/ˈhæmpə(r)/ /ˈhæmpər/
he / she / it hampers	/ˈhæmpəz/ /ˈhæmpərz/
past simple hampered	/ˈhæmpəd/ /ˈhæmpərd/
past participle hampered	/ˈhæmpəd/ /ˈhæmpərd/
-ing form hampering	/ˈhæmpərɪŋ/ /ˈhæmpərɪŋ/

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hamper somebody/something to prevent somebody from easily doing or achieving something妨礙；阻止；阻礙 synonym hinder
- High winds hampered the rescue attempt.大風阻礙了救援行動。
- Our efforts were severely hampered by a lack of money.資金不足使我們的努力大打折扣。
Extra Examples
- This has hampered the growth of the export market.這阻礙了出口市場的增長。
- Indecision on local taxation is hampering councils from planning their budgets.在地方稅收問題上猶豫不決阻礙了地方議會規劃預算。
- Millions of mothers are hampered in their careers by lack of adequate childcare.由於缺乏足夠的兒童保育，數百萬母親的事業受阻。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Hamper is used with these nouns as the subject:
injury
Hamper is used with these nouns as the object:
ability
development
effectiveness
…
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Word Originverb late Middle English (in the sense ‘shackle, entangle, catch’): perhaps related to German hemmen ‘restrain’.

hamper

noun

/ˈhæmpə(r)/

/ˈhæmpər/

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a large basket with a lid (= cover), especially one used to carry food in（尤指用於盛食物的）帶蓋大籃子
- a picnic hamper野餐籃
Extra Examples
- a picnic hamper packed with delicious food裝滿美味食物的野餐籃子
- The lucky winner will receive a luxury hamper crammed full of local produce.幸運的獲獎者會得到一份滿載土特産的豪華禮品盒。
- a laundry/clothes hamper洗衣籃
(especially British English) a box or package containing food, sent as a gift（作爲禮品的）盒裝食物，袋裝食物
- a Christmas hamper聖誕禮品盒
(North American English) a large basket that you keep your dirty clothes in until they are washed盛髒衣服的大籃子

Word Originnoun Middle English (denoting any large case or casket): from Anglo-Norman French hanaper ‘case for a goblet’, from Old French hanap ‘goblet’, of Germanic origin.