handicaps

英 [ˈhændikæps]

美 [ˈhændikæps]

n.  生理缺陷; 弱智; 残疾; 障碍; 阻碍; 让步赛(使参赛者中的优势方跑得较远、增加负重等); (让步赛中给优势方施加的)障碍，不利条件
v.  妨碍; 阻碍
handicap的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （生理或智力上的）残障，残疾
  Ahandicapis a physical or mental disability.
  1. 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。
• N-COUNT 不利条件;障碍
  Ahandicapis an event or situation that places you at a disadvantage and makes it harder for you to do something.
  1. 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。
  2. Being a foreigner was not a handicap.
     身为外国人并不是一个障碍。
• VERB 妨碍;使不利
  If an event or a situationhandicapssomeone or something, it places them at a disadvantage.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT （高尔夫运动中的）给弱者增加的杆数，差点
  In golf, ahandicapis 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.
  1. 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。
• （赛马比赛的）让步赛
  In horse racing, ahandicapis a race in which some competitors are given a disadvantage of extra weight in an attempt to give everyone an equal chance of winning.

双语例句

• That would simply exacerbate the handicaps France has in achieving its growth potential.
  后者将只会加剧法国在实现其增长潜力方面面临的障碍。
• The aged man is laboring under the handicaps of old age.
  那老翁在老年的残疾之下很吃力。
• We have made rapid strides ahead despite these initial handicaps.
  尽管开始时作了让步，我们现在已快步领先。
• It highlights a problem bedevilling many countries in Asia and one that handicaps their ability to push for long-term high, sustainable growth.
  它突显出一个令许多亚洲国家头痛的问题，而正是这个问题束缚了这些国家追求长期可持续高增长的能力。
• The process will inevitably continue in all countries which do not have intractable social and cultural handicaps.
  凡是没有社会和文化痼疾的国家，也都必将出现这个过程。
• Our publications help readers to conquer handicaps in learning English.
  我们出版的图书帮助读者去克服英语学习中的困难。
• International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps
  缺陷、残疾和障碍的国际分类
• Of the two handicaps, being black is much less of a drawback than being female.
  在这两种不利因素中，是个女人比是黑人更糟。
• But he overcame the handicaps of his upbringing to become a disciplined and industrious writer.
  不过他还是克服了成长过程中的各种障碍成为一名训练有素的勤奋作家。
• Every ground for saying," With such handicaps, a man cannot work. "
  一切都如俗语所说：“带着如此的残废，人是不能工作了。”