| 正面 | 3596.obstacle 英 ['ɒbstək(ə)l]美 ['ɑbstəkl]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. cage <=====> cave.n. 障碍，干扰；妨害物 例句： 1. A further obstacle has presented itself, however.然而，突然又出现了一个障碍。 obstacle 障碍ob-,相对，对着的，-st,站，站立，词源同stand.即对着站的，站在对面的，引申词义障碍。 obstacle (n.)mid-14c., from Old French obstacle, ostacle "opposition, obstruction, hindrance" (13c.) or directly from Latin obstaculum "a hindrance, obstacle," with instrumental suffix *-tlom + obstare "stand before, stand opposite to, block, hinder, thwart," from ob "against" (see ob-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). The lover thinks more often of reaching his mistress than the husband of guarding his wife; the prisoner thinks more often of escaping than the gaoler of shutting his door; and so, whatever the obstacles may be, the lover and the prisoner ought to succeed. [Stendhal, "Charterhouse of Parma"]Obstacle course is attested from 1891." |