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

• 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。
• Spina bifida may cause physical and mental handicaps.
  脊柱裂可能会导致身体或智力残废。
• 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。
• 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。
• On the other hand, no; eminent and less eminent people are not simply left to die because they suffer from advanced cancer or severe physical handicaps.
  从另一方面讲，事实并非如此；不论对方是不是名人，都不会因其患上晚期癌症或存在严重生理缺陷而放手不管，让他等死。
• 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。
• And yet, despite these handicaps, both aspire to large returns.
  尽管障碍重重，两方都仍热盼取得高额回报。
• 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。
• 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？
• The arbitrariness of language symbols is the primary factor that handicaps an adults English vocabulary learning process.
  语言符号的任意性是成年人英语词汇学习的主要障碍。