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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   handicap

   • IPA[ˈhandēˌkap]

   美式

   • n.
     a circumstance that makes progress or success difficult；a condition that markedly restricts a person's ability to function physically, mentally, or socially
   • v.
     act as an impediment to；place (someone) at a disadvantage

   • noun: handicap, plural noun: handicaps

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a circumstance that makes progress or success difficult a criminal conviction is a handicap and a label that may stick forever 同義詞 impediment, hindrance, obstacle, barrier, bar, ... 更多encumbrance, disadvantage, drawback, stumbling block, difficulty, shortcoming, obstruction, limitation, constraint, straitjacket, restriction, check, block, curb, ball and chain, albatross, millstone around someone's neck, literarytrammel反義詞 benefit, advantage
   • 2. dated, offensive a condition that markedly restricts a person's ability to function physically, mentally, or socially he was born with a significant visual handicap 同義詞 disability, affliction, offensivephysical abnormality, mental abnormality, defect, ... 更多impairment
   • 3. a disadvantage imposed on a superior competitor in sports such as golf, horse racing, and competitive sailing in order to make the chances more equal.
   • ▪ a race or contest in which a disadvantage is imposed on a superior competitor the trophy for the $75,000 Ak-Sar-Ben Handicap
   • ▪ the extra weight to be carried in a race by a racehorse on the basis of its previous performance to make its chances of winning the same as those of the other horses.
   • ▪ the number of strokes by which a golfer normally exceeds par for a course (used as a method of enabling players of unequal ability to compete with each other) his game struggles along in the 20-handicap range

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. act as an impediment to lack of funding has handicapped the development of research
   • ▪ place (someone) at a disadvantage without a good set of notes you will handicap yourself when it comes to exams