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1. Oxford Dictionary

   handicap

   • IPA[ˈhandɪkap]

   英式

   • 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
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a circumstance that makes progress or success difficult not being able to drive was something of a handicap 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 round 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 handicap is imposed the National Hunt Handicap Chase
   • ▪ the extra weight allocated to be carried in a race by a racehorse on the basis of its previous form 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) he plays off a handicap of 10

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. act as an impediment to lack of funding has handicapped the development of research
   • ▪ place (someone) at a disadvantage her lack of formal training handicapped her

   片語

   • out of the handicap