handicap是什么意思？

handicap

英[ˈhændikæp] 美[ˈhændiˌkæp]

• n. 障碍，缺陷，不利条件，给弱者增加的杆数（按击球次数计数，并随参赛者的进步而减少）；
• vt. 妨碍，使不利，使（某人）行动和生活不正常；

复数：handicaps;

第三人称单数：handicaps;

过去式：handicapped;

过去分词：handicapped;

现在分词：handicapping;

例句

• He has a handicap of 200 metres. 他在赛跑中让了二百米。
• Despite her handicap, Jane is able to hold down a full-time job. 简尽管有生理缺陷，却能够保住一份全职工作。
• That is a handicap when it peddles itself to donors. 但当它向捐助国兜售自己时这个却是一项不利条件.
• Some hearing-impaired children may work harder to overcome their handicap. 一些有听障的儿童可能需要花更大的力气来克服这一缺陷。
• He divulged nothing to him save the terrible handicap of being young. 他想不出个所以然来,只是想到自己年纪尚幼,极端不利.
• He describes French centralism , single - mindedness and self absorption as the " Cartesian Handicap. " 他把法国人的中心主义 、 一门心思和自我关注说成是 “ 笛卡儿式的障碍 ”.
• His golf handicap hovered between 10 and 12. 他的高尔夫球差点一直在10杆到12杆之间徘徊。
• 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。
• 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。
• Being a foreigner was not a handicap. 身为外国人并不是一个障碍。

同义词

• n.
  handicap的同义词之：障碍,不利条件;负荷
  load, burden, disadvantage, hindrance,
• handicap的同义词之：其他释义
  load, hindrance, ailment, burden, drawback, pest, weight, disadvantage, embarrass, weakness, scotch, penalty,

词组

• out of the handicap
  (Horse Racing)having a handicap rating that would merit carrying a weight below the minimum specified for a race (赛马)免加额外负重（负重级别低于比赛规定应加的最低额外负重量）

英语六级真题

Why do some people joke about those who are fat or handicapped according to the man?
出自-2011年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （生理或智力上的）残障，残疾
  A handicap is a physical or mental disability.
  例句
  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
  A handicap is an event or situation that places you at a disadvantage and makes it harder for you to do something.
  例句
  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。 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 situation handicaps someone or something, it places them at a disadvantage.
  例句
  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。 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, a handicap is 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.
  例句
  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。
• N-COUNT
  （赛马比赛的）让步赛
  In horse racing, a handicap is a race in which some competitors are given a disadvantage of extra weight in an attempt to give everyone an equal chance of winning.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  加给强对手的不利条件，让步赛（使参赛者中的优者跑较远、增加负重等）；（让步赛中对优者设置的）障碍，不利条件
  He has a handicap of 200 metres. 他在赛跑中让了二百米。
• vt.
  妨碍; 使不利;阻碍
  We were handicapped by lack of money. 我们因缺钱而吃亏。 His lack of English handicaps him. 他的英语不好对他是一件不利的事。 The bad weather severely handicapped their performance in the race. 恶劣的天气极大地妨碍了他们的比赛成绩。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness;
  "reading disability""hearing impairment"
  2. advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning
  3. something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
• Verb
  1. injure permanently;
  "He was disabled in a car accident"
  2. attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant
  3. put at a disadvantage;
  "The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements"

行业词典

• 体育： 残障；让分赛；
  医学： 障碍，残废：在生理上、心理上或性格上的缺陷，可为先天的或后天的，使参与正常的社会活动受到阻碍或限制，或工作能力受限；
  药学： 残障；社会水平的障碍。；