及物动词

名词

1. （生理或智力上的）残障，残疾
A handicap is a physical or mental disability.

2. 不利条件;障碍
A handicap is an event or situation that places you at a disadvantage and makes it harder for you to do something.

3. 妨碍;使不利
If an event or a situation handicaps someone or something, it places them at a disadvantage.

4. （高尔夫运动中的）给弱者增加的杆数，差点
In golf, a handicap is an advantage given to someone who is not a good player, in order to make the players more equal. As you improve, your handicap gets lower.

5. （赛马比赛的）让步赛
In horse racing, a handicap is a race in which some competitors are given a disadvantage of extra weight in an attempt to give everyone an equal chance of winning.

1. advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning

2. something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

Synonym: hindrancehinderancedeterrentimpedimentbalkbaulkcheck

3. the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness

e.g. reading disability
hearing impairment

Synonym: disabilitydisablementimpairment