Word selection: usage and analysis of hammer

1. Detailed explanation: , n. , (covered) large basket, covered food basket [C] , Example: , There are some apples in the picnic hamper., in a large picnic basket There are many apples in the basket. Example: A nice bottle of vin rouge and a simple picnic hamper will enhance your Orient-Express fantasy. . , Beautiful laundry basket [C] , Example: ,Her hu *** and threw his dirty clothes in the hamper. ,Her hu *** and threw his dirty clothes in the hamper. , Example: ,This is a laundry hamper for dirty clothes.,This is a laundry hamper for dirty clothes. , Obstacle; restraint, Example: ,It's a hamper for me.,This is a hindrance to me. , v. , hinder, restrain, restrict [T] , Example: ,Our progress was hampered by the bad weather.,Our progress was hampered by the bad weather. , Example: ,The heavy rain hampers the flow of traffic.,The heavy rain hampers the flow of traffic. , 2. Analysis of word meaning: , block, bar, hinder, obstruct, prevent, Hamper, these verbs all contain the meaning of "prevent, block". Block has a strong tone and means to effectively block a passage, making it impossible for people or things to pass through. The meaning of bar is very similar to block, which means blocking a passage or prohibiting entry and exit, but there is a hint of blocking or prohibition without obstacles. Hinder has a lighter tone, mostly referring to hindering or delaying people or things, with an emphasis on slowing down progress. Obstruct is a formal word with a strong tone. It mostly refers to obstructing traffic by interfering or setting up obstacles so that it cannot flow freely. Prevent has a broad meaning and refers to taking precautions or setting up obstacles to prevent someone or something. Hinder focuses on the difficulty of movement caused by being restrained or hindered. , 3. Reference examples: ,An obsolete ideology can hamper an economy.,An obsolete ideology can hamper an economy. ,It's a hamper for me. ,You would hamper yourself with that fellow.,You would hamper yourself with that fellow. ,Private panies have disadvantages that will hamper their growth.,Private panies have disadvantages that will hamper their growth. ,Provincial barriers to trade hamper the efficient allocation of resources.,Provincial barriers to trade hamper the efficient allocation of resources. ,This is a laundry hamper for dirty clothes.,This is a laundry basket for dirty clothes. ,It caused fears that restricted credit will hinder recovery, ,Some people worry that restricted credit will hinder economic recovery. ,There are some apples in a picnic basket.,There are many apples in a big picnic basket. ,Many modernists think that rhyme and metre hinder the poet's free expression.,Many modernists think that rhyme and metre hinder the poet's free expression. ,We hoped in this way to hamper its movements and reduce its speed.,We hoped in this way to hamper its movements and reduce its speed.