Vocabulary
Form
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
verb
vt
N1
freq #13
Example sentences
我々(われわれ)の前進(ぜんしん)は阻(はば)まれた。
Our advance was checked.
行く手(ゆくて)を阻(はば)んだものは、高(たか)さ1メートル足(た)らずの石壁(いしかべ)でした。
The thing blocking my path was a stone wall of less than 1 meter's height.
彼(かれ)らは大(おお)きな川(かわ)に前進(ぜんしん)を阻(はば)まれた。
Their progress was stopped by a wide river.