阻止

• 拼音: zǔ zhǐ
• 汉字拆解: 阻 = 阜 (mound/hill radical) + 且 (moreover, phonetic), to obstruct; 止 = pictograph of a foot, to stop or halt

含义

To stop; to prevent; to block. To use effort or authority to keep something from happening or continuing.

Implies active intervention to halt an ongoing action or prevent a future one. Stronger than 防止 (to guard against) and more immediate than 阻碍 (to hinder). Common in contexts of conflict, safety, law, and interpersonal situations. The object is typically an action or a person performing an action.

例句

1. 警察及时赶到，阻止了一场严重的交通事故。
2. 她试图阻止他离开，但他还是头也不回地走了。
3. 任何人都无法阻止科技进步的步伐。

用法指南

语境: conflict, law, safety, interpersonal

语气: serious

正确说法

• 我们必须想办法阻止这件事发生。(We must find a way to prevent this from happening.)
• 他阻止了弟弟跑到马路上。(He stopped his younger brother from running onto the road.)

错误说法

• 用'阻止'描述无意识的阻碍 (Don't use 阻止 for unintentional obstruction — use 阻碍 or 妨碍 for unconscious hindrance)

起源与历史

Compound of 阻 (to block, obstruct) and 止 (to stop, halt). Both characters independently mean 'to stop or impede', making the compound emphatic.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal