hamper
n
1 large basket with a hinged lid, esp one containing food, wine, etc (有带铰链的盖子的)大篮子(尤指盛有食物、 酒等的).
2 (esp Brit) box or parcel containing food, wine, etc sent as a gift (装有食品、 酒等礼物的)盒子或包裹
a Christmas hamper 圣诞礼物篮.
hamper v [Tn]
prevent the free movement or activity of (sb); hinder (sb/sth) 束缚(某人); 妨碍(某人[某事物])
Our progress was hampered by the bad weather. 我们前进时受到了恶劣天气的阻碍.
I'm afraid I can't agree with you. That's a good way of giving information, but it's not a good way of persuading people. For one thing, it's boring, and people aren't going to read an ad that looks boring. For another thing, one computer looks very like
All he knew was that his African ancestor taught his son and grandson the words in his own language for river and guitar.
他所知道的只是非洲祖先用自己的语言教给儿孙们的“江”和“吉他”这两个词。
Twelve days later, millions more Indians lined the railway tracks as a slow train took the jar containing his ashes 584 kilometres to a place by the river.