hurdle

• n. 障碍；栏；跳栏
• vt. 克服
• vi. 克服；跳过
• n. (Hurdle)人名；(英)赫德尔

来自古英语hyrd,门，篱笆门，来自Proto-Germanic*hurdiz,柳条筐，篱笆门，来自PIE*kert,弯，转，编织，词源同crate,grate.后引申词义栏杆以及跨栏运动。

1. a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races

2. an obstacle that you are expected to overcome;

"the last hurdle before graduation"

3. the act of jumping over an obstacle

hurdle

hurdle: see hoard

hurdle (n.)

Old English hyrdel "frame of intertwined twigs used as a temporary barrier," diminutive of hyrd "door," from Proto-Germanic *hurdiz "wickerwork frame, hurdle" (cognates: Old Saxon hurth "plaiting, netting," Dutch horde "wickerwork," German Hürde "hurdle, fold, pen;" Old Norse hurð, Gothic haurds "door"), from PIE *krtis (cognates: Latin cratis "hurdle, wickerwork," Greek kartalos "a kind of basket," kyrtos "fishing creel"), from root *kert- "to weave, twist together" (cognates: Sanskrit krt "to spin"). Sense of "barrier to jump in a race" is by 1822; figurative sense of "obstacle" is 1924.

hurdle (v.)

1590s, "to build like a hurdle," from hurdle (n.). Sense of "to jump over" dates from 1880 (implied in hurdling). Related: Hurdled; hurdling. Hurdles as a type of race (originally horse race) with hurdles as obstacles is attested by 1836 (hurdle-race is from 1822).

But to win over these young workers, manufacturers have to clear another major hurdle: parents, who lived through the worst US economic downturn since the Great Depression, telling them to avoid the factory.

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to hurdle over a fence

跳过一处栅栏

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He hurdled two barriers to avoid reporters.

他跳过了两个障碍物以躲避记者。

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The next hurdle will be getting her parents' agreement.

下一个难关是征得她父母的同意。

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to clear a hurdle (= jump over it successfully)

跨过栏架

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the 300 m hurdles

300米跨栏赛

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His horse fell at the final hurdle.

他骑的马在最后一个跨栏倒下了。

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She learnt to hurdle by leaping over bales of hay on her family's farm.

她通过在自家农场里跳跨干草捆学会了跨栏。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He crossed the lawn and hurdled the short fence...

他跑过草地，跳过低矮的栅栏。

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Davis won the 400m. hurdles in a new Olympic time of 49.3 sec.

戴维斯以49.3秒的成绩刷新奥运会纪录，在400米跨栏赛跑中一举夺冠。

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The weather will be the biggest hurdle so I have to be ready.

天气将会是最大的障碍，所以我必须要作好准备。

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Two-thirds of candidates fail at this first hurdle and are packed off home...

三分之二的候选人在第一个难关就败下阵来，只好打包回家了。

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Labour standards are the biggest hurdle for the Latin American deals.

劳工标准是对拉丁美洲国家贸易的最大障碍.

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With her speed and agility, Cage cut out all her competitors in the hurdle race.

凯奇在跨栏赛跑中速度快、动作敏捷, 击败了所有其他选手.

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Visualisation is a big hurdle for people when they are learning to project.

当人们学习投射时,观想会是一个很大的障碍.

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Hurdle technology is the essential events of food preservation.

栅栏技术是食品保藏的根本所在.

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Overcome insecurity by seeing it as a hurdle that challenges you to leap over it.

克服不安全感,并把它视作为一个挑战你去跨越的关卡.

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Liu , in the inside lane , was limping badly before he even reached the first hurdle.

在他还未抵达第一个栏架时就已经明显一瘸一拐了.

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The debt agreement would clear a major hurdle keeping Chrysler from restructuring outside of bankruptcy.

如果达成协议,将为克莱斯勒在破产法庭之外进行重组扫清一大障碍.

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She clocked 11.6 seconds for the 80 metre hurdle.

八十米跳栏赛跑她跑了十一秒六.

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Getting started in photography is sometimes a formidable hurdle.

在摄影技术上起步有时候是一项难以克服的障碍.

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Another hurdle is the inefficiency of the process.

另一个障碍是研究过程效能低下.

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It is merely a hurdle for them to overcome on their path.

它仅仅是一个让他们在人生的道路上来克服的关卡.

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Only once in the previous 11 seasons had the Cup holders fallen at the first hurdle.

在过去11季的比赛中,卫冕冠军只在第一个跨栏处摔倒了一次.

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Too few members of the lower or middle class could jump this hurdle.

下等和中等阶级中,很少有人能超越上述的鸿沟.

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Once he had leaped the psychological hurdle, preparation took over.

一旦他逾越了心理上的障碍, 准备也就开始了.

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And Iran's porous borders pose a hurdle as well.

而伊朗的边境上,漏洞繁多,也是实施制裁的一个障碍.

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Software may turn out to be a bigger hurdle.

软件可能成为更大的障碍.

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Many factors influence the learning hurdle race act.

学习跨栏跑技术动作受多种因素的影响.

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