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Obstacle N Cajole Stand Lover Thinks Prisoner ɔbstəkl

单词 obstacle
音标 ['ɔbstəkl]
解释 n.障碍,干扰
红宝书 【英】 n. 障碍,干扰(impedime nt; obstruction; hindrance)
【考】 blandishment : cajole / obstacle : impede(甜言蜜语为了诱骗/ 障碍物为了阻碍)
【记】 ob(在…上)+sta(=sta nd)+acle→站在路上 的东西→障碍
【例】 natural obstacles(天然障碍)
字源 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.
不择手段背单词 n. 障碍(反对或阻碍进步的事物)
【记】ob我不, sta = stand, cle一我不站在这里阻碍你们了
【类】blandishment: cajole = obstacle: impede甜言蜜语为了诱骗 = 障碍物为了阻碍
趣味全助记 【记】ob不好的 + stack 堆→东西不好好堆着→障碍;源自ob不好的 + stand 站;ob否定,不 + struct建筑 ,不好的建筑挡路,阻碍

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