barrier
英 ['bærɪə]
美['bærɪɚ]
- n. 障碍物，屏障；界线
- vt. 把…关入栅栏
- n. (Barrier)人名；(法)巴里耶
词态变化
复数: barriers;
助记提示
1. bar (from Old French barre) => barri- + -er.
中文词源
barrier 障碍
来自bar, 杆，棍，阻拦。
英英释意
- 1. a structure or object that impedes free movement
- 2. any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective;
- "intolerance is a barrier to understanding"
- 3. anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access
英文词源
- barrier
- barrier: see bar
- barrier (n.)
- early 14c., barere, from Anglo-French barrere, Old French barriere "obstacle, gatekeeper," from barre "bar" (see bar (n.1)). First record of barrier reef is from 1805.
同义词辨析
obstacle, barrier, obstruction, bar, hindrance
这些名词均含"障碍(物)"之意。
obstacle： 指在达到目的或前进的过程中必须消除或绕过的障碍物，也指起阻碍作用等情况。
barrier： 常指临时的或者可能跨越的障碍。
obstruction： 常既指具体的障碍又可指抽象或喻意上的阻碍。
bar： 既可指阻止进出或通过的栅栏一类的障碍物，也可用于抽象意义障碍。
hindrance： 指妨碍他人进步或做事的人或物。
考试真题
- Although economic research and previous survey findings have shown that career interruptions related to motherhood may make it harder for women to advance in their careers and compete for top executive jobs, relatively few adults in the recent survey poin
2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C
- But the barriers are disappearing, in part because journals and funding agencies worldwide are encouraging scientists to make their data public.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
- It might be tempting, therefore, to think that the old barriers have been broken down and equal opportunity achieved.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文
- Now it's like a barrier has been let down.
出自-2010年6月阅读原文
- What he tried to do was to teach a male dolphin called Bass and a female called Doris to communicate with each other across a solid barrier.
出自-2012年6月听力原文
- As long as it's impossible to produce something from nothing, costs are absolutely a barrier.
2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C
- But the new work does go further than previous research and suggests that screen time should still be considered a potential barrier to young people's flourishing.
2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
- Even Hillary Clinton says that when it comes to college, Costs won't be a barrier.
2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C
- However, despite 2 billion people worldwide already supplementing their diet with insects, consumer disgust remains a large barrier in many western countries.
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B
- Many studies show that older parents—today's grandparents—would have called their children more often if the means and cost of doing so had not been a barrier.
2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- The passage starts with the story of cervantes to show that age is not a barrier to achieving one's goal.
2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 题设
实用场景例句
- The crowd had to stand behind barriers.
- 人群只好站在障碍物后面。
牛津词典
- Show your ticket at the barrier.
- 请在验票处出示车票。
牛津词典
- the removal of trade barriers
- 贸易壁垒的消除
牛津词典
- Lack of confidence is a psychological barrier to success.
- 缺乏信心是阻碍成功的心理因素。
牛津词典
- The Yangtze river is a natural barrier to the north-east.
- 长江是东北方向的一道天然屏障。
牛津词典
- There was no real barrier between reality and fantasy in his mind.
- 在他的头脑中，现实与幻想之间没有真正的界线。
牛津词典
- Ozone is the earth's barrier against ultra-violet radiation.
- 臭氧是地球防止紫外线辐射的屏障。
牛津词典
- the language barrier (= when people cannot communicate because they do not speak the same language)
- 语言隔阂（因语言不通而无法交流）
牛津词典
- the first player whose earnings passed the $10 million barrier
- 第一位收入超过1 000万元大关的运动员
牛津词典
- Duties and taxes are the most obvious barrier to free trade.
- 关税和税收是自由贸易的最大壁垒。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There is no reason why love shouldn't cross the age barrier...
- 爱没有理由不能跨越年龄的阻碍。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She had been waiting for Simon to break down the barrier between them...
- 她一直在等待西蒙打破他们之间的隔阂。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The demonstrators broke through heavy police barriers...
- 示威者们冲破了警察的重重设防。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- As each woman reached the barrier one of the men glanced at her papers.
- 每一位女士来到关卡前，其中一个男士便会扫一眼她的证件。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a severe storm, which destroyed a natural barrier between the house and the lake...
- 猛烈的暴风雨摧毁了房子和湖之间的一道天然屏障
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The packaging must provide an effective barrier to prevent contamination of the product.
- 包装必须提供有效的保护，以免产品受污染。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They are fearful that unemployment will soon break the barrier of three million...
- 他们担心失业人数很快将突破300万大关。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The Popular Front failed, as expected, to pass the 5 per cent barrier.
- 不出所料，人民阵线没能突破5%大关。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The KAZ 11 was spotted adrift on the outer Great Barrier Reef on Wednesday.
- kaz11号(文中的游艇)期三被发现浮游于大堡礁外的海面上.
期刊摘选
- But the barrier turned it back.
- 可是外面有栅栏挡着,无法进去.
期刊摘选
- The CMP process is also used to control film thickness and removal of barrier layers.
- CMP技术也用于控制薄膜厚度及剥离隔离层.
期刊摘选
- The Great Barrier Reef is disappearing at an increased rate because of climate damage.
- 大堡礁因为变坏的气候正以很快的速度消失.
期刊摘选
- Wind barrier is a main method to assure traffic safety, especially under strong crosswind.
- 风障是解决行车安全问题的主要手段, 尤其在强侧风环境下.
期刊摘选
- Lack of confidence is the biggest barrier to investment in the region.
- 缺乏信心是在这一地区投资的最大障碍.
《简明英汉词典》
- It's only been latterly that we've discovered that it's lots of individual reefs, around about 2,900 separate reef systems which make up the Great Barrier Reef.
- 直到近来我们才发现,它们其实是众多独立的礁石, 大约有2900个独立的礁石系,组成了大堡礁.
《简明英汉词典》
- A large crowd crushed past the barrier.
- 大群的人挤过了障碍物.
《简明英汉词典》
- The age barrier appeared insurmountable.
- 年龄障碍看来是无法逾越的.
《简明英汉词典》