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（生理或智力上的）殘障，殘疾
A handicap is a physical or mental disability.
例句
He lost his leg when he was ten, but learnt to overcome his handicap.
他10歲時(shí)失去了一條腿，但他學(xué)會(huì)了克服自己的殘疾。
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不利條件;障礙
A handicap is an event or situation that places you at a disadvantage and makes it harder for you to do something.
例句
She was away from school for 15 weeks, a handicap she could have done without...
她有15周沒上學(xué)，這給她帶來了本不該有的障礙。
Being a foreigner was not a handicap.
身為外國人并不是一個(gè)障礙。
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妨礙;使不利
If an event or a situation handicaps someone or something, it places them at a disadvantage.
例句
Greater levels of stress may seriously handicap some students...
壓力的加重可能會(huì)給一些學(xué)生帶來嚴(yán)重的負(fù)面影響。
The industrial injuries scheme takes into account the actual disability and whether it handicaps a person in working.
工傷賠償方案要考慮實(shí)際殘疾情況以及殘疾是否會(huì)影響其工作能力。
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（高爾夫運(yùn)動(dòng)中的）給弱者增加的桿數(shù)，差點(diǎn)
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.
例句
I see your handicap is down from 16 to 12.
我發(fā)現(xiàn)你的差點(diǎn)已從16桿降到了12桿。
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（賽馬比賽的）讓步賽
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.