stumbling block

英 [ˈstʌmblɪŋ blɒk]

美 [ˈstʌmblɪŋ blɑːk]

n.  障碍物; 绊脚石

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 障碍物；绊脚石
  something that causes problems and prevents you from achieving your aim

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 障碍物;绊脚石
  Astumbling blockis a problem which stops you from achieving something.
  1. Perhaps the major stumbling block to reunification is the military presence in South Korea.
     也许实现统一最大的绊脚石是驻扎在韩国的军队。

英英释义

noun

• any obstacle or impediment

双语例句

• The chief stumbling block to his promotion is his lack of qualifications.
  他晋升的主要障碍是他的资格不够。
• It has become a stumbling block to the progress of human civilization.
  它已成为人类文化发展的绊脚石。
• The basic stumbling block to global peace rests with the self-serving ambitions of many nations.
  全世界和平的基本障碍物在于许多国家谋私利的野心。
• But there still remains a stumbling block over personal terms with Inter.
  但是在国米和塞萨尔的个人合同方面仍有些问题。
• Please don't move that stumbling block, but lead me, Lord, around it.
  请不要动那块绊脚石，上帝，指引我绕过去。
• The biggest stumbling block to our grand plan is North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
  最大的绊脚石，我们的宏伟计划是朝鲜的核武器计划。
• This argument has been a major stumbling block in my discussions with Chinese students and business people.
  这种观点成为我与中国学生和商人讨论的一个主要障碍。
• I always suspected that Germany would turn out to be the stumbling block.
  我一直怀疑德国最终将成为绊脚石。
• This teaching of the pope's primacy and infallibility is a major stumbling block to the unification of the Christian churches.
  这一教学教皇的首要和绝对是一个重大的绊脚石统一的基督教教堂。
• Perhaps the biggest stumbling block to disarmament is the deterrent theory.
  也许裁军的最大障碍就是威慑理论。