今天我们要学的词是 hamper.
美联储主席鲍威尔在众议院金融委员会作证。(2019年7月10日)
hamper 的意思是阻碍，妨碍。 President Trump has criticized the Federal Reserve's enormous power to speed up or slow down the economy and complained about the Fed when he perceived it as hampering his growth agenda. 特朗普总统一度批评美联储有着左右美国经济加速或放缓的巨大权力，当他认为美联储阻碍他推动美国经济成长的努力时对其表示不满。
New research has found that limited seed availability and dry climate is hampering post-wildfire forest recovery in the western U.S.. 新的研究发现，有限的树种供应和干燥的气候阻碍着美国西部遭受火灾后的森林重建。