英 [ˈhændikæp] 美 [ˈhændikæp]
n. （生理或智力上的）残障，残疾；障碍，不利因素；让步赛；让杆数
v. 妨碍，使不利；<美>预测（可能的获胜者）
复数handicaps
第三人称单数handicaps
现在分词handicapping
过去式handicapped
过去分词handicapped
handicap /ˈhændɪˌkæp/ CET6 TEM4 [ handicapping handicapped handicaps ]
可数名词 A handicap is a physical or mental disability. 残疾
He lost his leg when he was ten, but learned to overcome his handicap.
他10岁时失去了一条腿，但学会了战胜自己的残疾。
可数名词 A handicap is an event or situation that places you at a disadvantage and makes it harder for you to do something. 不利条件
Being a foreigner was not a handicap.
作一名外国人并不是一个不利条件。
及物动词 If an event or a situation handicaps someone or something, it places them at a disadvantage. 将...置于不利地位
Greater levels of stress may seriously handicap some students.
更高程度的压力可能会将一些学生置于不利地位。
可数名词 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. 差点 (高尔夫运动中给弱者增加的杆数)
I see your handicap is down from 16 to 12.
我注意到你的差点从16降到了12。
可数名词 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. (赛马中的) 让步赛
...the Melbourne Cup, a two-mile handicap.
…墨尔本杯，一场两英里的让步赛。
the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
同义词： disability / disablement / impairment
advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
同义词： hindrance / hinderance / deterrent / impediment / balk / baulk / check
injure permanently
同义词： disable / invalid / incapacitate
attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant
缺陷-引用次数：3
It starts with the definition、theoretical basis of sovereignty and human rights and its value. Secondly it illustrates its positive factors and abuse, which have caused huge handicap in extradition.
首先介绍该原则的概念、产生的主权与人权理论基础与积极意义;再阐述该原则固有的缺陷并由此带来的滥用,造成引渡合作的障碍。
参考来源论引渡的若干原则及新发展
使(强壮马或选手)参加让步赛
差点
残疾
差点（Handicap）是指参赛者的真实的平均成绩与标准杆之差。
...pairment）：指听觉系统在结构或功能的缺损；二是失能（Disability）：指听觉系统的缺损，丧失其正常功能；三是障碍（Handicap）：功能的缺损，造成社会心理层面的不利。
我所理解的篮球盘口(Handicap)（让分盘和大小盘）是通过模型精算的结果！
... handbook 手册，便览 handicap （身体或智力方面的）缺陷，障碍，不利条件；妨碍 hardy 能吃苦耐劳的，坚强的 ...
handicapper 裁判人员；（赛马时）决定优劣条件之人
Being a foreigner was not a handicap.
作一名外国人并不是一个不利条件。
He lost his leg when he was ten, but learned to overcome his handicap.
他10岁时失去了一条腿，但学会了战胜自己的残疾。
Not speaking the language proved to be a bigger handicap than I'd imagined.
事实证明不会讲这种语言造成的障碍比我所想象的大。
It's not until Book Three of Paradise Lost that the poet explicitly reveals to us, to his readers, the fact of the physical handicap that might reasonably be thought to render impossible his composition of the poem.
直到失乐园第三卷,诗人才明确告诉读者们，自己失明的事实,这可能被合理的认为是他无法完成诗歌创作的原因。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
because we have another handicap like language is like burden that people from here don't really have, so
因为我们也有语言上的障碍，这里的人就没有这个负担。
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 来自西班牙的留学生
It makes it--this is a handicap to the U.S. insurance industry.
这其实是美国保险业发展的一个障碍
金融市场课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
At a high level, a team's maximum handicap often lies between 17 and 22 goals.
Another idea he's put forward is to adjust running times, something akin to a sports handicap.
For a few years afterward, his handicap went down, but then began a long, slow climb.