Meaning of Roadblock | Babel Free
Definitions
- Something that blocks or obstructs a road.
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An obstacle or impediment. figuratively
Equivalents
Français
barrage routier
עברית
מחסום
Italiano
blocco stradale
日本語
道路封鎖
Kurdî
este
Polski
blokada
blokować
przeszkadzać
przeszkoda
przeszkodzić
utrudniać
utrudnić
zablokować
zawalidroga
Română
blocaj
Svenska
väghinder
Tiếng Việt
rào chắn
Examples
“to hit roadblocks”
“Transgender people face roadblocks in accessing healthcare, and it’s not going away even after archaic rules denying healthcare access to transgender people are lifted and more of us become insured.”
“America’s jobs recovery hit a major roadblock in August as the Delta variant threatened the labor market recovery, and the US economy added far fewer jobs than expected.”
“Over the past decade, the products hit roadblocks. Siri ran into technological hurdles, including clunky code that took weeks to update with basic features, said John Burkey, a former Apple engineer who worked on the assistant.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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