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小词详解 | handicap
handicap 英 [ˈhændikæp] 美 [ˈhændikæp]
It ranked 161st in the world as a place to register property easily, a handicap for a country urgently needing to encourage inward investment.
在登记财产的难易程度方面,希腊仅排全球第161位,而这是一个迫切需要鼓励外来投资的国家的掣肘。
——《经济学人》Everyone knows that his name, along with his inexperience, was an electoral handicap.
大家都知道,因为他的名字,因为经验不多,在竞选中他并不占优势。
——《纽约时报》
[名词] 使某人难以做某事的事物
impediment: a hindrance or obstruction in doing something hindrance: a thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone barrier: a fence or other obstacle that prevents movement or access