handicap
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++hand·i·cap1 /ˈhændikæp/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1. MIDISABLED old-fashioned if someone has a handicap, a part of their body or their mind has been permanently injured or damaged. Many people think that this word is offensive. 〔身体或智力上的〕残障，残疾〔许多人认为此词具有冒犯性〕2 DISADVANTAGEa situation that makes it difficult for someone to do what they want 障碍，不利条件 Not speaking the language is a real handicap. 不会讲这种语言的确是一个障碍。3 DSan advantage that is given to a weaker player in a game of golf 〔高尔夫球比赛中〕给弱者的让杆数 He’s improved a lot, and his handicap has come down from 18 to 12. 他的球技大大进步，被让杆数已从18降为12。4. a race for horses in which the best horses carry extra weight so that all the horses have an equal chance of winning 〔给最好的马额外负重的〕让步赛
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handicap• His lack of experience on Wall Street may prove to be a handicap.• His lack of height has not been a handicap to him. He is as good an athlete as anyone else in the school.• the California Jockey Club Handicap• Dick is trying to get his handicap down to a 12.• He was a scrawny, chicken-necked sack of bones, but in spite of his handicap he moved faster than the others.• Babies of alcoholic mothers can be born with a severe degree of handicap.• But there are still many types of handicap - such as autism - about which little is known.• There may be physical and other handicaps such as impaired sight or poor memory.• We help people with mental or physical handicaps to find work.• Virginity at her age was a positive handicap, he had insisted.• Not being able to drive is a real handicap if you live in the country.• Miss Geller's handicap is barely noticeable after three years of physical therapy.• More than eight peo-ple, and decisions got slow and squirrely; less than eight, accidents and ignorance became serious handicaps.• The team had a good season despite the handicap of having 5 new players.• Fears that radiotherapy would cause genetic mutations leading to handicaps in offspring appear to be groundless, according to studies among 3,000 survivors.• How can a system of females choosing males that are good at surviving encumber those males with handicaps to survival?handicap2 verb (handicapped, handicapping) [transitive] to make it difficult for someone to do something that they want or need to do 妨碍；阻碍 The charity is handicapped by lack of funds. 这个慈善机构因为缺乏资金难以开展工作。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
handicap• They went through the story again, handicapped by not having it in front of them.• Women were also handicapped by the constant cycle of pregnancy and childbirth to which they had to resign themselves.• He used a computer to handicap horse races.Origin handicap1 (1700-1800) handicap “game in which people put their hand, holding money for a bet, into a hat” ((1600-1700)), from hand in caphand·i·cap1 nounhandicap2 verbChineseSyllable
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handicap
hand‧i‧cap1 /ˈhændikæp/ 
noun [countable]
2. a situation that makes it difficult for someone to do what they want:
Not speaking the language is a real handicap.
3. an advantage that is given to a weaker player in a game of golf:
He’s improved a lot, and his handicap has come down from 18 to 12.
4. a race for horses in which the best horses carry extra weight so that all the horses have an equal chance of winning
handicap2 verb (past tense and past participle handicapped, present participle handicapping) [transitive]
to make it difficult for someone to do something that they want or need to do:
The charity is handicapped by lack of funds.
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noun [countable] Date: 1700-1800
Origin: handicap 'game in which people put their hand, holding money for a bet, into a hat' (1600-1700), from hand in cap
1. old-fashioned if someone has a handicap, a part of their body or their mind has been permanently injured or damaged. Many people think that this word is offensive.Origin: handicap 'game in which people put their hand, holding money for a bet, into a hat' (1600-1700), from hand in cap
2. a situation that makes it difficult for someone to do what they want:
3. an advantage that is given to a weaker player in a game of golf:
4. a race for horses in which the best horses carry extra weight so that all the horses have an equal chance of winning
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verb (past tense and past participle handicapped, present participle handicapping) [transitive]to make it difficult for someone to do something that they want or need to do:
becoming
sometimes
Disabled is the most generally accepted term to refer to people with a permanent illness or injury that makes it difficult for them to use part of their body completely or easily.Handicapped is slightly old-fashioned and many people now think it is offensive. People also now prefer to use the worddisability rather thanhandicap . The expressiondisabled people is often preferred tothe disabled because it sounds more personal.* disabled 是最广为接受的用语，指残疾人或伤残人。handicapped 稍有些过时，现在许多人认为该词含冒犯意。现在人们喜欢用 disability 而非 handicap。disabled people 比 the disabled 更为人所接受，原因是听起来较人性化。 Disabled anddisability can be used with other words to talk about a mental condition.* disabled 和 disability 可与其他词连用表示智力状况 ：◆ mentally disabled 精神伤残的 ◆ learning disabilities 学习障碍 If somebody's ability to hear, speak or see has been damaged but not destroyed completely, they have impaired hearing/speech/sight (orvision ). They can be described asvisually/hearing impaired orpartially sighted .听力、说话能力或视力受到损害但未完全丧失，用 impaired hearing/speech/sight（或 vision）表示，或形容某人为 visually/hearing impaired（视力／听力受损的）或 partially sighted（视力有缺陷的） ：◆ The museum has special facilities for blind and partially sighted visitors. 博物馆有专门设备供失明和视力有缺陷的参观者使用。