snag

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snag1 /snæɡ/ noun [countableC]

1 PROBLEMa problem or disadvantage, especially one that is not very serious, which you had not expected 〔意料之外的〕小問題，小障礙

It’s an interesting job. The only snag is that it’s not very well paid.

這是一份有趣的工作，唯一的缺憾是工資不高。

hit/run into a snag

The grand opening hit a snag when no one could find the key.

盛大的開幕典禮上出了個小小的意外: 誰也找不到那把鑰匙了。

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Snag is slightly informal. In written English, people usually prefer to use problem or disadvantage instead: 略爲不正式。在書面英語中,人們一般更喜歡說 problem 或 disadvantage

The only disadvantage is that it takes a little longer.

唯一的不足之處是時間長了一點。

2. a part of a dead tree that sticks out, especially one that is under water and can be dangerous 〔死樹伸出水面的〕殘樁；〔尤指水下死樹的〕暗樁

3. a sharp part of something that sticks out and holds or cuts things that touch it 尖突部分

Examples from the Corpus

snag• The case hit a snag in October when the judge handling it had to be replaced.• The process hit a snag Tuesday when a vital meeting had to be canceled.• However, there's a snag in this intergalactic transportation scheme.• The House worked out some last-minute snags on the legislation.• The cleanup effort was delayed for a few days by some technical snags and equipment problems.• The snag is that online users are reluctant to give out information about themselves to Web sites.• The snags offer safe nesting sites for birds, as thousands of young trees and plants sprout up on the surrounding riverbank.• This is much easier than it sounds but not without snags.

hit/run into a snag• The nature study project has run into a snag.• Then I ran into a snag - the newspaper had no printed address.

snag2 verb (snagged, snagging) [transitiveT]

1 TEARto damage something by getting it stuck on something sharp 劃破，鈎破

Oh no! I’ve snagged my stockings.

哎呀，壞了！我把長筒襪給鈎破了。

2 American EnglishAmE informalATTENTION to succeed in getting something, especially something difficult to get 獲得，搶到〔尤指難以得到的東西〕

I snagged a parking space in the last row.

我搶到了最後一排的一個停車位。

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snag• The parking lot was almost full, but I snagged a space in the last row.• However the textured topside can easily mark or snag, and paste can not be successfully removed from it.• This savvy-enough production will snag hordes who love a mindless evening.• A similar experiment was attempted in mid-1992, but it was interrupted when the tether became snagged in a deployer mechanism.• Danny's kite snagged in the upper branches of a tree.• The trial follows the Antares tragedy in which four fishermen drowned after a submarine snagged its nets in the Firth of Clyde.• His eyes snagged on some of them, the infamous dates-I 917,1 929-and skated right over others.• And then the hospital just goes and snags some other kid on the hook.• Don't open the packet with your teeth and be careful not to snag the rubber with rings or finger-nails.

Origin snag1

(1500-1600) Probably from a Scandinavian language

snag1 noun →REGISTER1snag2 verb

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