每日一词 | hurdle

释义:

 “hurdle”是可数名词,本意是“栏架”,常被引申义是“障碍”,常见、好用、形象。当我们想表达“克服XX障碍”“解决XX问题”时,除了使用 problem、difficulty、obstacle 外,还可以使用 hurdle。


例句:

Life is all about jumping over one hurdle after another and keeping moving on. 

Every entrepreneur /ˌɑntrəprə'nɝ/ has to clear the financial hurdle to get their project started.

When Didi, a Chinese cab-hailing app, first started, it had to overcome the regulatory hurdle.


翻译:

中国学生申请赴美留学面临的一大障碍是托福考试。 

TOFEL is the main hurdle that Chinese students face when they apply to study in America.

参考翻译:A big hurdle that Chinese students who wish to study in the US face is TOEFL. 

To get admitted to US colleges, Chinese students have to clear a difficult hurdle: TOEFL, an English language proficiency test.


搭配:

big, difficult 大障碍;难关

main, major  主要障碍

face 面临障碍

clear, jump over, overcome, pass 清除障碍;跨越障碍;渡过难关


造句:

College Entrance Examination is the first major hurdle that we face when we are high school students.

The freezing weather in Poland is perhaps the difficult hurdle that I have to face.

I always have a sense of achievement when I clear each big hurdle.

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