hurdle

1. 认识这个词(基础篇)


词:hurdle


英英释义:a problem or difficulty that you must deal with before you can achieve something


例句:Life is all about jumping over one hurdle after another.


2. 体会这个词 (进阶篇)


“hurdle”是可数名词,本意是“栏架”,常被引申为“障碍”,常见、好用、形象。当我们想表达“克服XX障碍”“解决XX问题”时,除了使用 problem、difficulty、obstacle 外,还可以使用 hurdle。


我们经常会说,生活就是解决一个又一个问题,不断往前走的过程,就可以这么说: 


Life is all about jumping over one hurdle after another and keeping moving on.(注意 and 连接的 jumping 和 keeping 的一致性。)


hurdle 前面经常搭配的动词除了上面的 jump over,还有 clear、overcome等。比如创业会面临一系列的挑战,例如融资、招人、持续增长等。我们就可以这么说: 


To run a start-up, one needs to clear a series of hurdles, and securing enough funding is simply one of them.


通常还可以在 hurdle 前面加上一个形容词,来说明是哪方面的障碍。上面的句子也可以改写成:


Every entrepreneur has to clear the financial hurdle to get their project started.(hurdle 前面用 financial 修饰,说明是资金方面的障碍。)


再比如,我们想说“滴滴在刚开始的时候需要搞定政府监管”,“政府监管”就可以说成是“regulatory hurdle”: 


When Didi, a Chinese cab-hailing app, first started, it had to overcome the regulatory hurdle.



3. 从认识到会用(作业)


1)使用《牛津英语搭配词典》查“hurdle”,了解它作为名词时的常用搭配。 

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2)翻译下面的句子:


中国学生申请赴美留学面临的一大障碍是托福考试。 


(参考翻译:A big hurdle that Chinese students who wish to study in the US face is TOEFL. 或 To get admitted to US colleges, Chinese students have to clear a difficult hurdle: TOEFL, an English language proficiency test.)


3)结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等,想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景,再造句。


例子: Getting a work permit was the first hurdle to overcome.

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