Handicap

(noun.) advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning.

(verb.) put at a disadvantage; 'The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements'.

(verb.) attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant.

整理:斯特拉

• Such is the condition of our laws and practice that the patentee in seeking to enforce his rights labors under a terrible handicap. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He played a lovely game of billiards and with the handicap I was only four ahead at fifty. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Count Greffi made his one hundredth point and with the handicap I was only at ninety-four. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• What handicap will you give me? 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• You start me on my investigation with a very serious handicap. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The record in the second case would appear astounding, as no less a handicap occurred than the burning down of the station itself. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The best thing you can do for her is to do the job well and fast and get out, and thinking of her will only handicap you in this. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• To increase this smoothness of travel he added a system of spring carriage to his engine, and saved it from the jolting that had handicapped his first model. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Inventors have found, however, that high speed is handicapped with certain limitations. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• He was handicapped by his short stature. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The air-nitrogen industry in the United States is said to be considerably handicapped because the large quantities of electricity required are not available at a low enough price. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• If it is not, then when the time and place come for it to be used as a means or instrumentality, it will be in just that much handicapped. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The fact that we were compelled to maintain utter secrecy has handicapped us terribly. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.

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