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Handicap N Count 可数名词 Physical Blindness Takes Overcome Mental

英语单词 handicap
英美音标 英 ['hændikæp] 美 ['hændikæp]
中文释义 n.障碍
vt.妨碍
英语例句 (1) Blindness is a great handicap.
(2) Deafness can be a serious handicap.
(3) Poor eyesight is a handicap to a student.
(4) It takes a lot of grit to overcome a physical handicap.
(5) Ignorance can handicap the progress of a city.
(6) Being overweight will handicap a boy in sports.
(7) Otherwise, it will handicap the development of economy as well as that of society.
中文例句 (1) 失明是极大的障碍。
(2) 耳聋算是严重的缺陷。
(3) 视力不好对学生来说是一个障碍。
(4) 要很大的毅力来克服生理上的障碍。
(5) 无知会妨碍城市的进步。
(6) 过重会妨碍孩子搞运动。
(7) 如果不适应,则必定既阻碍经济的发展,也阻碍社会的发展。
vocabulary简明 A mental or physical disadvantage, such as blindness or a missing leg, is a handicap: something that disables you in some way. Handicaps can also be imposed artificially to even out the odds in sporting events.
vocabulary扩展 A sporting handicap might be a faster horse carrying an extra weight, or a better golfer having a few strokes added to her score to make things more competitive. Sometimes fate imposes a handicap, as when bad weather handicaps your travel plans, or a strike handicaps the subway system. Handicap comes from the term hand in cap, an ancient British practice in which two bettors placed their money into a hat held by a neutral third party before a bet.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](生理或智力上的)残障,残疾 A handicap is a physical or mental disability.
  • He lost his leg when he was ten, but learnt to overcome his handicap.

    他10岁时失去了一条腿,但他学会了克服自己的残疾。

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词]不利条件;障碍 A handicap is an event or situation that places you at a disadvantage and makes it harder for you to do something.
  • She was away from school for 15 weeks, a handicap she could have done without...

    她有15周没上学,这给她带来了本不该有的障碍。

  • Being a foreigner was not a handicap.

    身为外国人并不是一个障碍。

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[VERB 动词]妨碍;使不利 If an event or a situation handicaps someone or something, it places them at a disadvantage.
  [V n]
  • Greater levels of stress may seriously handicap some students...

    压力的加重可能会给一些学生带来严重的负面影响。

  • The industrial injuries scheme takes into account the actual disability and whether it handicaps a person in working.

    工伤赔偿方案要考虑实际残疾情况以及残疾是否会影响其工作能力。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](高尔夫运动中的)给弱者增加的杆数,差点 In golf, a handicap is an advantage given to someone who is not a good player, in order to make the players more equal. As you improve, your handicap gets lower.
  • I see your handicap is down from 16 to 12.

    我发现你的差点已从16杆降到了12杆。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](赛马比赛的)让步赛 In horse racing, a handicap is a race in which some competitors are given a disadvantage of extra weight in an attempt to give everyone an equal chance of winning.

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