roadblock

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

road·block [roadblock roadblocks] BrE [ˈrəʊdblɒk] NAmE [ˈroʊdblɑːk] noun
1. a barrier put across the road by the police or army so that they can stop and search vehicles
•The police set up a roadblock on the bridge.
2. (NAmE)something that stops a plan from going ahead

Example Bank:
•I was hitting a roadblock in my personal work.
•No sooner had they celebrated their victory than they came up against a new roadblock.
•Police have set up a roadblock on the road to London.
•The company hit its first roadblock last year.
•The proposed merger is already facing potential roadblocks.
•The truck drove through the roadblock at 100 mph.
•They were stopped at a roadblock leaving the city.
•This bill would create a roadblock for women.
•self-defeating beliefs and other roadblocks to happiness
•The project faces legal roadblocks.