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handicap

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Related topics: Illness & disability, Sport
hand·i·cap1 /ˈhændikæp/ ●○○ noun [countableC]
1. MIDISABLED old-fashioned if someone has a handicap, a part of their body or their mind has been permanently injured or damaged. Many people think that this word is offensive. 〔身體或智力上的〕殘障，殘疾〔許多人認爲此詞具有冒犯性〕
2  DISADVANTAGEa situation that makes it difficult for someone to do what they want 障礙，不利條件
Not speaking the language is a real handicap.
不會講這種語言的確是一個障礙。
3  DSan advantage that is given to a weaker player in a game of golf 〔高爾夫球比賽中〕給弱者的讓杆數
He’s improved a lot, and his handicap has come down from 18 to 12.
他的球技大大進步，被讓杆數已從18降爲12。
4. a race for horses in which the best horses carry extra weight so that all the horses have an equal chance of winning 〔給最好的馬額外負重的〕讓步賽
Examples from the Corpus
handicap• His lack of experience on Wall Street may prove to be a handicap.• His lack of height has not been a handicap to him. He is as good an athlete as anyone else in the school.• the California Jockey Club Handicap• Dick is trying to get his handicap down to a 12.• He was a scrawny, chicken-necked sack of bones, but in spite of his handicap he moved faster than the others.• Babies of alcoholic mothers can be born with a severe degree of handicap.• But there are still many types of handicap - such as autism - about which little is known.• There may be physical and other handicaps such as impaired sight or poor memory.• We help people with mental or physical handicaps to find work.• Virginity at her age was a positive handicap, he had insisted.• Not being able to drive is a real handicap if you live in the country.• Miss Geller's handicap is barely noticeable after three years of physical therapy.• More than eight peo-ple, and decisions got slow and squirrely; less than eight, accidents and ignorance became serious handicaps.• The team had a good season despite the handicap of having 5 new players.• Fears that radiotherapy would cause genetic mutations leading to handicaps in offspring appear to be groundless, according to studies among 3,000 survivors.• How can a system of females choosing males that are good at surviving encumber those males with handicaps to survival?
handicap2 verb (handicapped, handicapping) [transitiveT]
to make it difficult for someone to do something that they want or need to do 妨礙；阻礙
The charity is handicapped by lack of funds.
這個慈善機構因爲缺乏資金難以開展工作。
Examples from the Corpus
handicap• They went through the story again, handicapped by not having it in front of them.• Women were also handicapped by the constant cycle of pregnancy and childbirth to which they had to resign themselves.• He used a computer to handicap horse races.
Origin handicap1
(1700-1800) handicap “game in which people put their hand, holding money for a bet, into a hat” ((1600-1700)), from hand in cap
hand·i·cap1 nounhandicap2 verb
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4399 COCA: 8589
handicap

noun¹

 1physical/mental disability身體或智力缺陷ADJECTIVE | VERB + HANDICAP | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤serious, severe嚴重殘疾▸➤mild輕微殘疾▸➤mental, physical, visual智障；身體殘疾；視力缺陷◇She can't drive because of her visual handicap.她因為視力缺陷不能開車。VERB + HANDICAP➤be born with, have, suffer, suffer from天生殘疾；患有殘疾◇Over a million people in this country suffer from mental handicap.這個國家有 100 多萬人有智障。➤cause致殘▸➤cope with, overcome應對殘疾；克服殘疾◇She has managed to overcome her physical handicaps.她設法克服了身體上的殘疾。PREPOSITION➤despite a/the handicap儘管身有殘疾◇Despite her handicap, Jane is able to hold down a full-time job.簡雖然身有殘疾，但仍能保住一份全職工作。
handicap

noun²

 2disadvantage不利因素ADJECTIVE | VERB + HANDICAP | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤big, considerable, great, major, real, serious, severe巨大障礙；主要障礙；嚴重的阻礙◇Lack of books was a major handicap.書籍匱乏是一大障礙。VERB + HANDICAP➤have, suffer有障礙；遭遇障礙◇If you don't speak the language, you'll have a real handicap.如果你不會說當地語言，那可真是個障礙。➤prove證明是劣勢◇His lack of height can prove a handicap against tall players.他身高不足，和高個運動員交鋒時會處於劣勢。PREPOSITION➤despite a/the handicap儘管有障礙▸➤handicap to對⋯是劣勢◇This could be a serious handicap to her education.這可能對她的教育構成嚴重障礙。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4399 COCA: 8589
handicap verb
⇨ block 1handicap noun
⇨ disability (physical handicap) ⇨ obstacle (Lack of experience is a real handicap.)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4399 COCA: 8589
handicap
Disability and people with disabilities: accessible, ataxia, the blind...
Disadvantages: disadvantage, handicap, limitation...
Golf: ace, backswing, birdie...
Horse racing and other horse riding competitions: accumulator, Ascot, betting shop...
To cause problems for someone or something: let down, hold back, embarrass...

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