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”是可數(shù)名詞，本意是“欄架”，常被引申義是“障礙”，常見、好用、形象。當(dāng)我們想表達(dá)“克服XX障礙”“解決XX問題”時，除了使用 problem、difficulty、obstacle 外，還可以使用 hurdle。
同義： problem, difficulty, obstacle, hurdle.
例：我們經(jīng)常會說，生活就是解決一個又一個問題，不斷往前走的過程，就可以這么說：
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 連接的 jumping 和 keeping 的一致性。）
解決一個又一個問題。Jump over one hurdle after another
不斷往前走 keep moving on
例2：hurdle 前面經(jīng)常搭配的動詞除了上面的 jump over，還有 clear、overcome等。比如創(chuàng)業(yè)會面臨一系列的挑戰(zhàn)，例如融資、招人、持續(xù)增長等。我們就可以這么說：?
To run a start-up, one needs to clear a series of hurdles, and securing enough funding is simply one of them. 通常還可以在 hurdle 前面加上一個形容詞，來說明是哪方面的障礙。上面的句子也可以改寫成：
Every entrepreneur has to clear the financial hurdle to get their project started.（hurdle 前面用 financial 修飾，說明是資金方面的障礙。）
再比如，我們想說“滴滴在剛開始的時候需要搞定政府監(jiān)管”，“政府監(jiān)管”就可以說成是“regulatory hurdle”：?
When Didi, a Chinese cab-hailing app, first started, it had to overcome the regulatory hurdle.
3. 從認(rèn)識到會用（作業(yè)）
1）使用《牛津英語搭配詞典》查“hurdle”，了解它作為名詞時的常用搭配。?
[搭配]VERB + HURDLE
躍過橫欄；跳過欄架: clear, jump (over)
例：她輕松地躍過了前面的幾個欄架。She cleared the first few hurdles easily.
在跨欄時摔倒；撞到欄架:fall at, hit?
例：他的馬在躍過最后一個欄架時摔倒了。His horse fell at the final hurdle.
2.problem/difficulty 難關(guān)
[搭配]ADJ.
大障礙；難關(guān)big, difficult
主要障礙main, major
最后的障礙；第一關(guān)；最后一關(guān)；下一關(guān): final, first, last, next
讓車子上路的第一關(guān)就是購買保險。
The first big hurdle in putting your car on the road is getting insurance.
[搭配]VERB + HURDLE
面臨障礙:face
例：這也許是我們遇到的最棘手的難題。
This is perhaps the most difficult hurdle that we face.
清除障礙；跨越障礙；渡過難關(guān):
clear, jump, overcome, pass
例：我們會跨越我們遇到的每一道難關(guān)。We’ll jump each hurdle as we come to it.
例：通過入學(xué)考試你就已經(jīng)越過了第一大難關(guān)。
You have already overcome the first major hurdle by passing the entrance exam.
失敗:
fall at
這項計劃在第一關(guān)就敗下陣來了。
The plan fell at the first hurdle.
2）翻譯下面的句子：
中國學(xué)生申請赴美留學(xué)面臨的一大障礙是托?？荚?。?
For Chinese students who want to study abroad, TOEFL is their biggest hurdle.
參考翻譯：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.）
場景：在用英語表達(dá)時，我需要掃除不自信的心理狀態(tài)。
When speaking English, lack of confidence is the hurdle I need to overcome.
