Hurdle
英英：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.
“hurdle”是可数名词，本意是“栏架”，常被引申义是“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。
同义： problem, difficulty, obstacle, hurdle.
例：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 about jumping over hurdle after hurdle and keeping going ahead.
原文：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。）
解决一个又一个问题。Jump over one hurdle after another
不断往前走 keep moving on
例2：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。
[搭配]VERB + HURDLE
跃过横栏；跳过栏架: clear, jump (over)
例：她轻松地跃过了前面的几个栏架。She cleared the first few hurdles easily.
在跨栏时摔倒；撞到栏架:fall at, hit
例：他的马在跃过最后一个栏架时摔倒了。His horse fell at the final hurdle.
2.problem/difficulty 难关
[搭配]ADJ.
大障碍；难关big, difficult
主要障碍main, major
最后的障碍；第一关；最后一关；下一关: final, first, last, next
让车子上路的第一关就是购买保险。
The first big hurdle in putting your car on the road is getting insurance.
[搭配]VERB + HURDLE
面临障碍:face
例：这也许是我们遇到的最棘手的难题。
This is perhaps the most difficult hurdle that we face.
清除障碍；跨越障碍；渡过难关:
clear, jump, overcome, pass
例：我们会跨越我们遇到的每一道难关。We’ll jump each hurdle as we come to it.
例：通过入学考试你就已经越过了第一大难关。
You have already overcome the first major hurdle by passing the entrance exam.
失败:
fall at
这项计划在第一关就败下阵来了。
The plan fell at the first hurdle.
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。
For Chinese students who want to study abroad, TOEFL is their biggest hurdle.
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.）
场景：在用英语表达时，我需要扫除不自信的心理状态。
When speaking English, lack of confidence is the hurdle I need to overcome.