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

• Spina bifida may cause physical and mental handicaps.
  脊柱裂可能会导致身体或智力残废。
• 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。
• Sailing first became an Olympic sport in Paris in 1900, where time handicaps were used to adjudicate the race.
  1900年巴黎奥运会上，帆船运动成为了奥运比赛项目，并实行了让时赛制。
• 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。
• In the first winter of the war these accumulated and glaring deficiencies were serious handicaps.
  战争的第一个冬季，此种累积且显著的弱点，成了严重的障碍。
• So we have a number of good teachers, but teachers who have not majored in the areas they are teaching, which handicaps them and handicaps the students.
  所以，我们有一些好教师，可是教师主修的并非他们所教的课程，这让他们不能得心应手，对学生也不利。
• His lack of English handicaps him.
  他的英语不好对他是一件不利的事。
• 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。
• The disadvantages of this system are that it entails charging your own countrymen more money for their loans, handicaps them, and may eventually lower their scale of living.
  这一机制的缺点在于，它将增加本国国民的贷款成本，阻碍他们的发展，最终可能降低他们的生活水平。
• 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。