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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• His lack of English handicaps him.
  他的英语不好对他是一件不利的事。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Her handicaps woke great feelings of sympathy in everyone around her.
  她的不利条件引起了她周围每一个人的极大同情。