I think it might actually be the more obvious meaning, which is "to hinder" or "to preclude."

我认为那可能是更容易理解的意思，“阻碍“或“妨碍“

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It's more obvious because there are probably fewer lines there, so that you can focus on the primary line, the basic line--the bass line.

更明显的是这里也许有几条线，所以你可以将重点放在主线上，基准线，也就是低音线。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

.. Inventing the wheel--it seems, what could be more obvious than a wheel?

发明轮子这看起来，有什么东西会比轮子更常见呢？

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One reason for this is obvious; it's cheaper not to pay people, but the other reason is more interesting.

这样做的其中一个原因很明显;,不用付钱，当然就能省点了，但另一个原因更有意思。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Now the point here isn't it's funny, other than of course--it's obvious more, which is the lawyer has more wrongs.

重点不在于好笑，而是，很明显的，这个律师犯了更多错。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

That's an obvious objection, a lot more than --thanks than do Bill Gates and Michael Jordan.

这很明显，穷人更需要钱，谢谢,比盖茨和迈克尔·乔丹需要得多。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

At first glance this seems to be overwhelmingly obvious -to gain more knowledge.

乍看下,答案似乎无疑是明显的,因为要获得更多知识。

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This is so obvious in this problem, but when you see more complicated formula, you may not know all the assumptions that went into the derivation and quite often you will be using it when you shouldn't.

在这道题中这些都很明显,但是当我们用更复杂的公式时,你可能搞不清楚所有,在推导时的前提,因此很多时候,你都会用错公式

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