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

• His lack of English handicaps him.
  他的英语不好对他是一件不利的事。
• 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。
• However, in common with many other Chinese companies, TCL also suffers from more fundamental handicaps.
  然而，和其它许多中国企业一样，tcl也遇到了比较根本的障碍。
• Partly because infrastructure is poor and industrial performance disappointing, the upside for Indian growth is also bigger than for China's. But India also suffers from serious handicaps.
  从一定程度上讲，由于基础设施较差、工业表现令人失望，印度的增长空间比中国更大。但是，印度同样也面临着严重的阻碍。
• 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。
• Unlike the C and Java ™ languages, Ruby is interpreted, with all of the inherent performance handicaps.
  与C和Java™语言不同，Ruby是解释性的，且存在性能上的一些固有阻碍。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Spina bifida may cause physical and mental handicaps.
  脊柱裂可能会导致身体或智力残废。