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双解例句
小知识
Barriers are walls, either physical or metaphorical. They can block movement — the Great Wall of China was a barrier to block invading forces from entering. A window shade is a light barrier. Failing English is a barrier to getting into Harvard.
When people are being excluded from joining a clique, you could say that the clique has erected a social barrier. When fighter jets fly faster than the speed of sound, they break through what feels like a wall in the sky called the sound barrier. The Green Monster at Fenway Park keeps Boston Red Sox fans from being able to watch games from outside the stadium — it's a barrier to sight. But when line drives hit the Green Monster, bouncing the ball back into left field, the Green Monster acts also a barrier to easy home runs.
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
obstacle:指在达到目的或前进的过程中必须消除或绕过的障碍物,也指起阻碍作用等情况。
barrier:常指临时的或者可能跨越的障碍。
obstruction:常既指具体的障碍又可指抽象或喻意上的阻碍。
bar:既可指阻止进出或通过的栅栏一类的障碍物,也可用于抽象意义障碍。
hindrance:指妨碍他人进步或做事的人或物。
language barrier n.语言障碍
barrier reef堡礁;堤礁
thermal barrier热障;保温层;绝热层
词根词缀
后缀: -ier
表名词,”人或物”
n.
barrier 栅栏,屏障;障碍[物]barr栏+ier人或物→n.栅栏,屏障;障碍[物]
cashier 收银员,出纳员cash现金+ier人或物→n.收银员,出纳员
cavalier 骑士,武士caval马+ier人或物→n.骑士,武士
chandelier 枝形吊灯[烛台]chandel=candle蜡烛+ier人或物→n.枝形吊灯[烛台]
financier 财政家,金融家finance金融+ier人或物→n.财政家,金融家
frontier 国境,边境;尖端,新领域front前面+ier人或物→n.国境,边境;尖端,新领域
pacifier 调停者,和解人pacify调解+ier人或物→pacifier调停者,和解人
词根: barr
=stick,表示”棒,栏”
n.
barrage 拦河坝;火力网,弹幕barr棒,栏+age物品→用来拦住的物品→拦河坝阻塞;火力网
barrier 栅栏,屏障;障碍[物]barr棒,栏+ier物→n.栅栏,屏障;障碍[物]
n.&v.
barricade 设栅阻挡,栅栏barr棒,栏+ic+ade表名词→n.&v.设栅阻挡,栅栏
同义词辨析
这些名词均含”障碍(物)”之意。
- obstacle: 指在达到目的或前进的过程中必须消除或绕过的障碍物,也指起阻碍作用等情况。
- barrier: 常指临时的或者可能跨越的障碍。
- obstruction: 常既指具体的障碍又可指抽象或喻意上的阻碍。
- bar: 既可指阻止进出或通过的栅栏一类的障碍物,也可用于抽象意义障碍。
- hindrance: 指妨碍他人进步或做事的人或物。
同义词
wall / obstacle / panel / prevention / dike / blockade / enclosure / barricade / obstruction / fortification / boundary / damp / gate / embankment / hurdle