Obstacle
['ɒbstək(ə)l] or ['ɑbstəkl]
解释:
(noun.) an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented).
(noun.) something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted; 'lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement'; 'the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education'; 'the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan'.
恩里克录入--From WordNet
解释:
(v.) That which stands in the way, or opposes; anything that hinders progress; a hindrance; an obstruction, physical or moral.
手打:肖恩
同义词及近义词：
n. Hinderance, obstruction, impediment, difficulty, check, barrier, stumbling-block, lion in the way.
卡门录入
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Impediment, obstruction, hindrance, objection, bar, difficulty, check,obstruction
ANT:Course, proceeding, career, advancement
克利奥校对
解释:
n. anything that stands in the way of or hinders progress: obstruction.—Obstacle race a race in which obstacles have to be surmounted or circumvented.
塞西莉整理
例句:
- It was as if the eager current of her being had been checked by a sudden obstacle which drove it back upon itself. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- I should have tried Mr. Blake as well--but for one obstacle in the way. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- My star vanished as I drew near: some obstacle had intervened between me and it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- He lets no one stand in the way of such self-gratification; but whether you are an obstacle or not remains to be seen. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- The money which my mother had left was enough for all our wants, and there seemed to be no obstacle to our happiness. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- I am not romantic fool enough to further the fortune, or avert the fate, of one who is likely to be a successful obstacle between me and my wishes. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- She saw this, and yet determined to win his love; the obstacle served the rather to excite her ambition. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- If it had been otherwise, he would have felt it as an obstacle in his progress to the object he had in view. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- The machine obeyed the slightest motion of the helm; and, the wind blowing steadily, there was no let or obstacle to our course. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- In your hearing, I told the young lady that her leaving the house (as things were then) would put an obstacle in the way of my recovering her jewel. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- I stumbled over an obstacle: my head was still dizzy, my sight was dim, and my limbs were feeble. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- The ministry were resolved to remove so great an obstacle out of the way of their designs. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- And as for Osborne, when he was once bent on a thing, a fresh obstacle or two only rendered him the more resolute. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- You do not imagine that if I were the pursuer I should allow myself to be baffled by so slight an obstacle. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Most of the early telegraphic inventors encumbered their inventions with the same obstacle, as they seemed to consider it necessary to have a separate circuit for each letter of the alphabet. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- But the greater the obstacles the greater Stephenson’s resources proved. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- As some species die out, forms better adapted to utilize the obstacles against which they struggled in vain come into being. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- His partner, however, became disheartened by the obstacles thrown in their way, and left this country for America before the success of the screw was established. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- Among the obstacles in my way, there is the necessity of collecting again all the evidence which was discovered at the time, and more if possible. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Where an activity takes time, where many means and obstacles lie between its initiation and completion, deliberation and persistence are required. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Hooker found but slight obstacles in his way, and on the afternoon of the 28th emerged into Lookout valley at Wauhatchie. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- He saw its possibilities, as well as the chief obstacles to be overcome--viz. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- They represent man’s attack upon the obstacles presented by nature to his irrepressible spirit of progress. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Interest means that one is identified with the objects which define the activity and which furnish the means and obstacles to its realization. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- The principal applications of wireless telegraphy so far have been at sea, where the absence of intervening obstacles gives a free path to the electrical oscillations. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- She brought so much love, energy, and cheerfulness to the work that she could not but succeed, in spite of some obstacles. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- You have to find out what your resources are, what conditions are at command, and what the difficulties and obstacles are. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- As Mr. Blake foretold, Betteredge raised no further obstacles. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- The interest and opposition of such favoured subjects, are the obstacles most likely to prevent this, or any other reformation of the same kind. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
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