obstructionistとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /əbˈstɹʌk.ʃənˌɪst/

名詞

obstructionist (複数形 obstructionists)

1. Someone who systematically obstructs the actions of others.
   • 1913, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Poison Belt‎^[1]:

     "And you, sir, have lived an unimaginative obstructionist and never can hope now to emerge from it."

   • 2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 395:

     The obstructionists didn't have their own plan, but they counted, successfully, on delay to frustrate any alternative.

   1. Someone who attempts to impede the progress of legislation.

形容詞

obstructionist (comparative more obstructionist, superlative most obstructionist)

1. Pertaining to obstructionism.
2. Obstructionistic.