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

• 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。
• I never know you to be one to be prejudiced against handicaps.
  我一点也不知道你是一个对障碍怀有偏见的。
• Are AIDS, alcoholism, and drug addition occupational handicaps to which the employer must make a reasonable accommodation?
  艾滋绝症，酗酒成瘾，毒品沉溺是否关乎职业疾病，倘若如是，其雇主须有所担当否？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Nevertheless, she went on to conquer her multiple handicaps to finally become a writer and lecturer, to become an inspiration to all.
  但她不断克服多种障碍，最终成为一名作家和教师，成为世人的楷模。
• The economists argue that despite the handicaps, developing nations can make big leaps in growth as they catch up with countries like the U.S.
  卡霍和鲁尔坚持认为，尽管存在种种阻碍，但随着发展中国家向美国等发达国家奋起直追，它们在经济增长上可以实现质的飞跃。
• I live in a community of people with severe handicaps.
  我生活在一个由严重残障人组成的团体中。
• There are nine other blacks in congress; there are ten other women. I was the first to overcome both handicaps at once.
  国会中还有九位黑人议员和十位妇女议员，但我是第一位同时克服两个不利因素的人。