obstacle

• n. 障礙，幹擾；妨害物

ob-,相對，對著的，-st,站，站立，詞源同stand.即對著站的，站在對麵的，引申詞義障礙。

obstacle (n.)

mid-14c., from Old French obstacle, ostacle "opposition, obstruction, hindrance" (13c.) or directly from Latin obstaculum "a hindrance, obstacle," with instrumental suffix *-tlom + obstare "stand before, stand opposite to, block, hinder, thwart," from ob "against" (see ob-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).

The lover thinks more often of reaching his mistress than the husband of guarding his wife; the prisoner thinks more often of escaping than the gaoler of shutting his door; and so, whatever the obstacles may be, the lover and the prisoner ought to succeed. [Stendhal, "Charterhouse of Parma"]

Obstacle course is attested from 1891.

1. A further obstacle has presented itself, however.

然而，突然又出現了一個障礙。

來自柯林斯例句

2. A lack of qualifications can be a major obstacle to finding a job.

學曆不足可能成為謀職的主要障礙。

來自《權威詞典》

3. She felt that her family was an obstacle to her work.

她感到她的家庭妨礙她的工作.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. He is in the full flush of success ; nothing was an obstacle .

他的成就如日中天, 銳不可當.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Lack of money has proved an almost insurmountable obstacle.

資金不足已成為一個幾乎無法逾越的障礙.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》