Partisan politics is often an obstruction to good government. Office politics are often debilitating and counterproductive.
党羽的政治阴谋经常是良好政府的妨碍。公务上的政治争斗经常是带削弱性质和招致反效果的
A bend in a pipe, bar, or other straight continuous piece made to allow it to pass around an obstruction.
弯管, 接头管管子、杆或其他直而长的东西的一个弯, 使得它能避开一障碍物
He was found guilty of obstruction.
他被判阻挡犯规。