A Student Council president is a representative of the students and plays an important role in conducting activities and events in the school. The chosen president works in close association with the students as well as the school authorities. One of the important duties of the Student Council president is to ensure that disagreements or problems in the school do not hamper school activities and meetings. As used in the passage, what does the word hamper mean?
A.
to give a hard time to
B.
to interfere with
C.
to slow down
D.
to limit the effect of