The abnormal gene also was found in 77 unrelated Pakistanis with the speech impediment.

VOA: standard.2010.02.11

They reject that formalism as an impediment to language's access to the real, and to our access to the real through language.

他们反对形式主义,将其视为语言与现实之间，和我们通过语言，和现实之间的阻碍。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

What was a kind of impediment to their personal rule?

怎样算是妨碍他们的个人统治呢

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

A researcher with South Africa's Center for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Glen Mpani, said a major impediment to peace and reconciliation is the culture of impunity that has evolved.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21