Definition of handicap in English:

handicap

nounPlural handicaps ˈhandɪkapˈhændiˌkæp

1A circumstance that makes progress or success difficult.
不利因素，障碍
not being able to drive was something of a handicap
Example sentencesExamples
- These same handicaps account for Germany's lack of success in imperialist combinations and alliances.
- Although there was nothing to prevent him from practising surgery, the biggest handicap was the unavailability of basic infrastructural facilities.
- One must keep in mind the primary handicap of human beings in such circumstances.
- In interacting with individuals of lower status or even equal social rank, people tend to be candid in referring to appearance, shortcomings, or handicaps.
- He added a further handicap to success when it was decided that the league would own all the teams.
- All students of Judo are courageous and inspiring, and all of them overcome great difficulties and personal handicaps.
- Even with the well-documented handicaps of limited finance and poor distribution, we still manage to create exceedingly good films.
- It would make no sense to go forward in the Union with a self-imposed handicap which would reduce our effectiveness and our success.
- They faced severe handicaps because of limited education and job skills, inadequate English, and racial prejudice.
- Such handicaps did nothing to dampen the spirits of the Silver Scot.
- Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Charlie Parker: all had to struggle against handicaps to become successful artists.
- Mary explained that the biggest handicap for members is rain which makes it extremely difficult to keep the playing hand dry while pulling a caddy car at the same time.
- His huge mane may be a handicap that prevents him from helping the hunt, but in courtship size matters.
- Its content, however, reflects both the handicaps mentioned and the limitations of the judicial process.
- Although there are many higher levels on which rebirth can be achieved, they are potentially a handicap to spiritual progress.
- Until the recall, he'd overcome this handicap by spotlighting his opponents' shortcomings.
- Losing over half-a-team in a year has proved too difficult a handicap for Fenagh to overcome and they shipped a heavy defeat from the champions last week.
- The lack of capacity and facilities is also a handicap to success in the lower divisions.
- They have overcome Beijing's natural handicaps and the ravages of successive invasions, and established the city as a world capital.
- And it has to be said that he was remarkably successful at it, despite some of the handicaps which we have already mentioned.
Synonyms
impediment, hindrance, obstacle, barrier, bar, encumbrance
disadvantage, drawback, stumbling block, difficulty, shortcoming, obstruction, limitation, constraint, straitjacket, restriction, check, block, curb
ball and chain, albatross, millstone round someone's neck
literary trammel
2dated, offensive A condition that markedly restricts a person's ability to function physically, mentally, or socially.
生理（或智力、交际功能）缺陷，残疾
he was born with a significant visual handicap
他出生时就有严重的视力缺陷。
Synonyms
disability, physical abnormality, mental abnormality, defect, impairment, affliction, disadvantage, deficiency
3A disadvantage imposed on a superior competitor in sports such as golf, horse racing, and competitive sailing in order to make the chances more equal.
（高尔夫、赛马及帆船比赛等体育比赛中为使选手得胜机会较均等而对较强者施加的）障碍，不利条件
Example sentencesExamples
- Choose from over 20 maps, set handicaps, map sizes and the difficulty of the computer players, allow cheats, share resources, and other stuff.
- In Thailand, we play many fine courses of different standards and levels of difficulty and do so applying our lowest current handicap, from whatever source.
- O'Driscoll plays golf off a handicap of nine but says he could never have made it as a pro.
- Well, a new innovation from the governing body means that you will now be able to check your exact handicap via your mobile phone.
- There is no doubt that this is a competitive handicap with plenty of dangers.
- Only when they play with the hindrance of a handicap, as they did when Hearts were two up in Glasgow a fortnight back, is there any fun in it.
- In summary, the Pattaya Sports Club realizes the need for each member to have a competitive handicap regardless of his or her level of skill.
- Now aged 42, he lives in Carlow, plays golf off a handicap of 13, and commutes in his Jaguar every day to his office in ParkWest.
- In reality, this will probably mean improving his golf handicap of 21.
- Twenty-four did not seem all that bad for a novice when I was awarded a handicap by those knowledgeable committeemen at Swinton Park Golf Club.
- We are also affiliated to the Lancashire Union of Golf Clubs so handicaps can be obtained.
- Golf handicaps have not gone down and golfers are not any less frustrated than they have ever been before.
- Hunt's handicap was trimmed by three strokes after his cup success.
- At first it was thought that Doug had tied Dene Mundy at 38 points, but after checking the new handicaps, it was found that he had won by a point.
- John Moore was declared winner after the match, but after checking his most recent handicap, it was determined that John had come in tied for third.
- He plays off a golf handicap of 14, and is an avid GAA, soccer and rugby follower.
- In his leisure time he follows West Ham United and plays golf off a handicap of 12.
- There was a difference this year, with the handicaps restricted to three quarters with a maximum of eighteen, which resulted in the number of teams being slightly less than on previous occasions.
- Battling against painful odds to remain in the game the little genius still plays off a scratch handicap hoping to comeback to competitive golf.
- The BSF Tennis committee has reverted back to the former handicap system and all clubs are advised to check their respective handicaps with the Mixed League secretary.
1. 3.1 A race or contest in which a handicap is imposed.
  让步赛
  in names the National Hunt Handicap Chase
  全国追猎让步赛。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The four-year-old caught the eye when finishing fifth in a competitive handicap at Haydock on his latest start.
  He lost out by a short head to Clever Consul in a competitive handicap, after losing a lot of ground at the start.
  Carrying top weight in such a competitive handicap is never ideal but he has earned the poundage and he is built to carry it.
  Winner of three of his four races, he has made significant strides this season, his latest success coming in a red-hot handicap at Newmarket last month.
  That success was achieved in a handicap in which Lady Protector had gone down in a photo-finish 12 months earlier, so it was deserved compensation.
  She followed a cantering success in a Roscommon handicap with a smooth victory in a conditions event at Leopardstown ten days ago.
  Having broken his maiden tag at Ripon on his second outing, Guto was then beaten narrowly at Musselburgh before returning to Ripon to gain a gritty success in a nursery handicap.
  The gelding was an 18-length winner that day, but failed to build on his success by trailing home fifth of six in an Ascot handicap on his most recent start.
  The eight-year-old fulfilled the promise of several creditable placed efforts with an overdue success in a valuable handicap at Hamilton last week.
  She ran her best race to date at Galway six days ago when powering through late to finish two lengths second behind Penny Farthing in a competitive handicap.
  Chris Wall's gelding comes into battle in great heart after producing a sterling effort to win a competitive handicap at Newbury on his latest outing.
  A high-class performer, who scored at Newbury early last season, Vintage Premium went on to run well in several competitive handicaps.
  Kempton's Racing Post Chase is traditionally one of the most competitive handicaps in the calendar, but no-one told jockey Richard Johnson and pint-sized Gunther McBride.
  At Ascot as recently as last Saturday, he won a competitive handicap by one and three-quarter lengths from Guinea Hunter.
  Prior to his Kempton success, the former also won a valuable Ascot handicap and his trainer feels the Lord Americo gelding is now ready to leave that company and step up in trip.
  The same trainer and jockey joined forces yesterday to clinch a shock 50-1 success with Bagan in the curtain-raising handicap.
  Trained at Lambourn by Lavinia Taylor, this six-year-old proved solidly progressive last season and wound-up by winning a valuable handicap at Ayr in April.
  Trained at Newmarket by Michael Bell, Magic Rainbow showed some decent form in competitive handicaps last season.
  It was the trainer's second victory in Europe's richest sprint handicap, following Wildwood Flower's success in 1997.
  This time last year, Blueprint was winning one of the handicaps at the royal meeting but such has been his progress since then, the horse is likely to start as one of the favourites for what could be one of the best races of the week.
2. 3.2 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.
  （赛马中为使所有的赛马得胜机会均等，根据过去比赛的纪录，给某匹赛马增加的）额外负重
  Example sentencesExamples
  As in Silverstone a fortnight go, the BMW drivers had to line up with a weight handicap of 20 kilograms compared to their front-wheel-drive rivals.
  He had an unbeatable combination of jumping ability, stamina and pace, as well as the courage to carry crushing burdens in handicaps, in which he usually conceded the full weight range to his rivals.
  I am starting this exercise program with a handicap - I am carrying 80 extra pounds.
  Justice was fast, but Eagle was just a bit faster, even with my weight handicap.
  Both carried identical handicaps and both moved impressively to the same score of gross 92.
  It came just four months after another BBC expose, Kenyon Confronts, used covert footage to show three trainers claiming horses could be prevented from winning certain races in order to lower handicaps.
  The three-year-old absolutely trotted-up by five lengths at Pontefract last week, a victory which looks sure to earn him much more than 5lb extra in future handicaps.
  However, in Spa-Francorchamps more than anywhere else, the weight handicaps will have a great impact on the performance of the cars.
  If a horse is given a high handicap, his chances of winning can be destroyed.
  As well as new drivers, cars and teams, results from round one also will be affected by new race-by-race weight handicaps.
  This recently-introduced grade of racing, for horses with a handicap rating of 45 or under, has proved popular down south thus far.
  Gold shows a particularly vivid knowledge of the dubious ethos of the turf, and reveals how Zeb is tricked by his Irish mentor into losing a race in order to bring down his horse's handicap.
  But trainers need jockeys who can compete on handicaps at weights considerably less than 9st, and it is a fearsome task to comply, even for fit athletes.
  For the first time this year, the races in France will comply with the new distribution of weight handicaps in the FIA WTCC.
  First of all, there is the difficulty of ensuring that the anomalies would keep their handicaps on.
  Despite his 25-kilogram weight handicap, he retains the upper hand.
3. 3.3 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)
  （高尔夫球赛中参赛一方）超过标准杆数的击球次数（为使实力悬殊的赛手得以进行比赛所采取的办法）
  he plays off a handicap of 10
  他让10杆参加比赛。
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘My goal now is to get my golf handicap down,’ he smiles.
  Of the 12 major prizewinners, only two failed to equal or better their handicap.
  It was to turn into a tough day for the players and only one man was to break par and two equal their handicap so we can exempt them from the ‘Duffer Tag’.
  Nicolson will now be seeking to get his golf handicap down.
  It must have done wonders for his golf handicap.
  The round capped off a very successful period for Mike, which has seen his handicap reduce steadily towards the first division level.
  Under the U.S. Golf Association's ESC system, players with course handicaps of 9 or less can post no more than a double bogey on any hole.
  Since Stewart has declared an interest in attending every Chelsea game this season and getting his golf handicap down as much as possible, that seems unlikely.
  Golfers of various handicaps were asked to putt on the greens and choose the faster green.
  In the circumstances it was no surprise that nobody beat their handicap, nor that Tim Holt came in the winner, by a short cough.
  Instead of helping their players enhance the skills that may determine their futures, these coaches have little choice but to work on decreasing their golf handicaps.
  A lot of weekend practise saw Trevor bounce back to form, also beating his handicap on a day when the poor greens proved too difficult for most of the field.
  Although Bodfari Signet has been beaten four times since his last success, he is gradually slipping down the handicap.
  Poor old Frank Fahey was summoned back from Spain, where he was making some useful progress on his handicap.
  However, knowing Stais, she'll have a happy and active retirement and no doubt her golf handicap will be falling faster than inflation is rising!
  To have an enviable handicap in golf and to be a connoisseur of Bacchus is not unknown among members of the medical profession.
  Only John Emmerson managed to equal or better his handicap.
  John Preddy was also in the frame when he again shot 38 points, maintaining his steady progress off his 32 handicap.
  HRH Prince Andrew has been reducing his golf handicap.
  My golf handicap is currently on the wrong side of twenty so I'll have to see what I can do about that!

verbhandicaps, handicapped, handicapping ˈhandɪkapˈhændiˌkæp

[with object]

1Act as an impediment to.
lack of funding has handicapped the development of research
缺少资金妨碍了研究的进展。
Example sentencesExamples
- Education follows the French system, and is available to all, although the system is handicapped by insufficient funding.
- I'll cover a variety of things, and I tend to like House elections better anyway, but I expect to write about the Bush campaign and I don't expect to be handicapped in it.
- His development is retarded and he will forever be handicapped by the barbaric treatment at the hands of his own family.
- The European Union boycott and American prohibitions are not seriously handicapping Burma.
- Consequently because of us, the Maori has been handicapped in his development as a free people.
- And I think that's what has handicapped the police.
- Cannabis use in young people remains a controversial area, and absence of good data has handicapped the development of rational public health policies.
- That they were visually impaired did not handicap their ambitions at least.
- Robinson said the divisions inside the UUP were now shown to be deep and irreconcilable and even if Smyth had been elected he would have been handicapped by ‘appeasers of republicanism’.
- If the EU is trying to fight an economic war here, it should realize that handicapping its own economy is not the best way to go about it.
- Businesses in part of the growing Dunmore Road area of Waterford are being handicapped because Eircom still hasn't extended high speed Internet access to them and doesn't plan to in the near future.
- In the end the Japanese showed a preference for doing business with the Chinese, who seemed less handicapped by bureaucratic constraints.
- He is further handicapped by being severely limited in what he can and cannot do.
- Make no mistake: any development of a spacefaring civilization will be handicapped by widespread public refusal to accept the historical sciences.
- And, more importantly, it may be a decision that could handicap the sponsor's future development efforts.
- And quite frankly, I am appalled to discover there are enemies of the state who would have it that Jacob Zuma is somehow handicapped when it comes to dealing with matters of a financial nature.
- Here the Constitution is not concerned with handicapping the government to preserve other values.
- By association, the current designer is handicapped by the fact that men look behind any cultural invention for irrelevant, ingenuous, or threatening forces.
- But its development is being handicapped by bureaucracy.
- This is clearly a measure of last resort and its application is handicapped by the postoperative development of bronchiolitis obliterans.
Synonyms
hamper, impede, hinder, impair, disadvantage, put at a disadvantage, hamstring, curtail
restrict, check, obstruct, block, curb, bridle, hold back, constrain, limit, encumber
informal stymie
North American informal bork
literary trammel
1. 1.1 Place (someone) at a disadvantage.
  使（某人）处于不利地位
  her lack of formal training handicapped her
  Example sentencesExamples
  Those born to poor parents are handicapped from birth by poor schooling, poor healthcare, and frequently poor nutrition.
  This child is characteristically handicapped by an inability to tolerate authority, and lacks a capacity for sustained effort; however, he is intelligent.
  For so much of the tragedy in disability is created by a society which needlessly handicaps us.
  You're handicapping them by limiting them to acoustic guitars.
  ‘Many men think that if they keep their woman where she does not know anything, this is going to benefit him,’ but in reality, she says, this handicaps the man.
  In essence, his players were handicapped by their inexperience and a lack of awareness what was required to succeed at the highest level.
  People don't realise how much tendinitis can handicap you throughout your time in the game.
  We just don't want it to mean that the system handicaps him too.
  Third, both the oath and the mandate are handicapped by a constricted vision.
  And she was handicapped by a seriously self-obsessed mother, who seems sometimes to have suffered depression, but even when she was not ill was utterly wrapped up in her own concerns.
  This agency is handicapped, however, because its funding is voluntary and contributors may earmark their donations for specific programs.
  They knew they were trying to ride a very weak and handicapped candidate to victory, and he went down to a much worse defeat than they had anticipated and so I think right now a lot of Democrats are stunned.
  And I think those people handicapped by the lack of a diploma can easily bypass this hurdle so long as the stress is placed more on a certificate than on real abilities.
  Congress has handicapped him from a resource standpoint.
  Ms Johnson-Sirleaf boasts an Ivy League education and top postings in government and the United Nations, but is handicapped by her association with past failed governments.
  Scientists in developing countries are terribly handicapped in both generation and sharing.
  Instituting more rules based on morality handicaps the soldiers.
  In particular, developing states are handicapped as effective international actors by having relatively underdeveloped diplomatic machines and by a restricted range of policy instruments.
  Seles' game is not suited to fast grass courts and she is handicapped by her awkward two-handed volleying style, where she approaches the net as though about to bludgeon someone with a frying pan.
  Sweatshop monitoring groups say other areas handicapped by geography and poor infrastructure, like Swaziland, saw nearly half their factories closed.

Usage

See handicapped

Phrases

out of the handicap

Having a handicap rating that would merit carrying a weight below the minimum specified for a race.
〔赛马〕免加额外负重（负重级别低于比赛规定应加的最低额外负重量）
the horse was 13 lb out of the handicap
Example sentencesExamples
- I am pleasantly surprised there are only 11 runners but, with Marlborough heading the weights, plenty were deterred by the thought of being out of the handicap.
- Their smart four-year-old Matty Tun won £18,000 in a handicap at York on Dante day from 4lbs out of the handicap, and went into many people's notebooks that day, even though he hung right in the finish.
- Though racing from 3lb out of the handicap, he made all the running under John McAuley and held on gamely by a length from 6-1 shot Barathea Blazer.
- He is currently well out of the handicap for the Welsh Grand National but would be well-weighted if the top two weights, Kingsmark and Behrajan, are withdrawn.
- Despite his inclusion putting plenty of potential runners out of the handicap, the field will be big and the pace should be genuine.
- Meanwhile at Cork, A New Story may overcome the disadvantage of being 5lb out of the handicap to land the Paddy Power Cork Grand National.
- However, these horses are going to struggle to avoid an exclusion order because they will have to race off 40 and are going to be out of the handicap in every race.
- Ellenjay has to race from 8lbs out of the handicap, but that is offset somewhat by Danny Howard's claim and it is also interesting to note he has only ever won going right-handed.
- For the first time since June I did not bet him as I felt the race conditions would be against him - he was out of the handicap, and it was a huge field.
- Kerry Lads, from Lucinda Russell's Milnathort yard, is virtually certain to run, and despite his fall at Ayr last time out, he has a good each-way chance, even from a bit out of the handicap.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from the phrase hand in cap; originally a pastime in which one person claimed an article belonging to another and offered something in exchange, any difference in value being decided by an umpire. All three deposited forfeit money in a cap; the two opponents showed their agreement or disagreement with the valuation by bringing out their hands either full or empty. If both were the same, the umpire took the forfeit money; if not it went to the person who accepted the valuation. The term handicap race was applied (late 18th century) to a horse race in which an umpire decided the weight to be carried by each horse, the owners showing acceptance or dissent in a similar way: hence in the late 19th century handicap came to mean the extra weight given to the superior horse.

This word derives from a old pastime that involved one person claiming an article belonging to another and offering something in exchange. The participants then appointed an umpire to adjudicate the difference in value, and then all three deposited forfeit money in a cap, the two opponents showing their agreement or disagreement with the valuation by putting in their hands and then bringing them out either full or empty. This sport was called hand in cap, later reduced to handicap. The word is first recorded in the mid 17th century, but the practice appears in the 14th-century poem Piers Plowman, and is known elsewhere in continental Europe from an early date. The handicap race (originally handicap match), in which an umpire determines what weight each horse carries in order to equalize their chances, dates from the mid 18th century.

Definition of handicap in US English:

handicap

nounˈhændiˌkæpˈhandēˌkap

1A circumstance that makes progress or success difficult.
不利因素，障碍
a criminal conviction is a handicap and a label that may stick forever
刑事判决是一个不利因素，可能成为身上一张永远揭不掉的标签。
Example sentencesExamples
- His huge mane may be a handicap that prevents him from helping the hunt, but in courtship size matters.
- Losing over half-a-team in a year has proved too difficult a handicap for Fenagh to overcome and they shipped a heavy defeat from the champions last week.
- The lack of capacity and facilities is also a handicap to success in the lower divisions.
- Although there was nothing to prevent him from practising surgery, the biggest handicap was the unavailability of basic infrastructural facilities.
- It would make no sense to go forward in the Union with a self-imposed handicap which would reduce our effectiveness and our success.
- These same handicaps account for Germany's lack of success in imperialist combinations and alliances.
- He added a further handicap to success when it was decided that the league would own all the teams.
- Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Charlie Parker: all had to struggle against handicaps to become successful artists.
- Its content, however, reflects both the handicaps mentioned and the limitations of the judicial process.
- One must keep in mind the primary handicap of human beings in such circumstances.
- Mary explained that the biggest handicap for members is rain which makes it extremely difficult to keep the playing hand dry while pulling a caddy car at the same time.
- Such handicaps did nothing to dampen the spirits of the Silver Scot.
- Even with the well-documented handicaps of limited finance and poor distribution, we still manage to create exceedingly good films.
- They have overcome Beijing's natural handicaps and the ravages of successive invasions, and established the city as a world capital.
- In interacting with individuals of lower status or even equal social rank, people tend to be candid in referring to appearance, shortcomings, or handicaps.
- They faced severe handicaps because of limited education and job skills, inadequate English, and racial prejudice.
- All students of Judo are courageous and inspiring, and all of them overcome great difficulties and personal handicaps.
- And it has to be said that he was remarkably successful at it, despite some of the handicaps which we have already mentioned.
- Until the recall, he'd overcome this handicap by spotlighting his opponents' shortcomings.
- Although there are many higher levels on which rebirth can be achieved, they are potentially a handicap to spiritual progress.
Synonyms
impediment, hindrance, obstacle, barrier, bar, encumbrance
2offensive, dated A condition that markedly restricts a person's ability to function physically, mentally, or socially.
生理（或智力、交际功能）缺陷，残疾
he was born with a significant visual handicap
他出生时就有严重的视力缺陷。
Synonyms
disability, physical abnormality, mental abnormality, defect, impairment, affliction, disadvantage, deficiency
3A disadvantage imposed on a superior competitor in sports such as golf, horse racing, and competitive sailing in order to make the chances more equal.
（高尔夫、赛马及帆船比赛等体育比赛中为使选手得胜机会较均等而对较强者施加的）障碍，不利条件
Example sentencesExamples
- He plays off a golf handicap of 14, and is an avid GAA, soccer and rugby follower.
- Battling against painful odds to remain in the game the little genius still plays off a scratch handicap hoping to comeback to competitive golf.
- There is no doubt that this is a competitive handicap with plenty of dangers.
- There was a difference this year, with the handicaps restricted to three quarters with a maximum of eighteen, which resulted in the number of teams being slightly less than on previous occasions.
- In his leisure time he follows West Ham United and plays golf off a handicap of 12.
- Golf handicaps have not gone down and golfers are not any less frustrated than they have ever been before.
- Only when they play with the hindrance of a handicap, as they did when Hearts were two up in Glasgow a fortnight back, is there any fun in it.
- Choose from over 20 maps, set handicaps, map sizes and the difficulty of the computer players, allow cheats, share resources, and other stuff.
- Twenty-four did not seem all that bad for a novice when I was awarded a handicap by those knowledgeable committeemen at Swinton Park Golf Club.
- We are also affiliated to the Lancashire Union of Golf Clubs so handicaps can be obtained.
- O'Driscoll plays golf off a handicap of nine but says he could never have made it as a pro.
- In reality, this will probably mean improving his golf handicap of 21.
- The BSF Tennis committee has reverted back to the former handicap system and all clubs are advised to check their respective handicaps with the Mixed League secretary.
- Now aged 42, he lives in Carlow, plays golf off a handicap of 13, and commutes in his Jaguar every day to his office in ParkWest.
- Hunt's handicap was trimmed by three strokes after his cup success.
- John Moore was declared winner after the match, but after checking his most recent handicap, it was determined that John had come in tied for third.
- In summary, the Pattaya Sports Club realizes the need for each member to have a competitive handicap regardless of his or her level of skill.
- Well, a new innovation from the governing body means that you will now be able to check your exact handicap via your mobile phone.
- In Thailand, we play many fine courses of different standards and levels of difficulty and do so applying our lowest current handicap, from whatever source.
- At first it was thought that Doug had tied Dene Mundy at 38 points, but after checking the new handicaps, it was found that he had won by a point.
1. 3.1 A race or contest in which a disadvantage is imposed on a superior competitor.
  让步赛
  in names the trophy for the $75,000 Ak-Sar-Ben Handicap
  Example sentencesExamples
  Winner of three of his four races, he has made significant strides this season, his latest success coming in a red-hot handicap at Newmarket last month.
  Having broken his maiden tag at Ripon on his second outing, Guto was then beaten narrowly at Musselburgh before returning to Ripon to gain a gritty success in a nursery handicap.
  She ran her best race to date at Galway six days ago when powering through late to finish two lengths second behind Penny Farthing in a competitive handicap.
  Trained at Newmarket by Michael Bell, Magic Rainbow showed some decent form in competitive handicaps last season.
  Trained at Lambourn by Lavinia Taylor, this six-year-old proved solidly progressive last season and wound-up by winning a valuable handicap at Ayr in April.
  The same trainer and jockey joined forces yesterday to clinch a shock 50-1 success with Bagan in the curtain-raising handicap.
  He lost out by a short head to Clever Consul in a competitive handicap, after losing a lot of ground at the start.
  A high-class performer, who scored at Newbury early last season, Vintage Premium went on to run well in several competitive handicaps.
  This time last year, Blueprint was winning one of the handicaps at the royal meeting but such has been his progress since then, the horse is likely to start as one of the favourites for what could be one of the best races of the week.
  It was the trainer's second victory in Europe's richest sprint handicap, following Wildwood Flower's success in 1997.
  The eight-year-old fulfilled the promise of several creditable placed efforts with an overdue success in a valuable handicap at Hamilton last week.
  She followed a cantering success in a Roscommon handicap with a smooth victory in a conditions event at Leopardstown ten days ago.
  Kempton's Racing Post Chase is traditionally one of the most competitive handicaps in the calendar, but no-one told jockey Richard Johnson and pint-sized Gunther McBride.
  At Ascot as recently as last Saturday, he won a competitive handicap by one and three-quarter lengths from Guinea Hunter.
  Prior to his Kempton success, the former also won a valuable Ascot handicap and his trainer feels the Lord Americo gelding is now ready to leave that company and step up in trip.
  That success was achieved in a handicap in which Lady Protector had gone down in a photo-finish 12 months earlier, so it was deserved compensation.
  Carrying top weight in such a competitive handicap is never ideal but he has earned the poundage and he is built to carry it.
  The gelding was an 18-length winner that day, but failed to build on his success by trailing home fifth of six in an Ascot handicap on his most recent start.
  The four-year-old caught the eye when finishing fifth in a competitive handicap at Haydock on his latest start.
  Chris Wall's gelding comes into battle in great heart after producing a sterling effort to win a competitive handicap at Newbury on his latest outing.
2. 3.2 The extra weight to be carried in a race by a racehorse on the basis of its previous performance to make its chances of winning the same as those of the other horses.
  （赛马中为使所有的赛马得胜机会均等，根据过去比赛的纪录，给某匹赛马增加的）额外负重
  Example sentencesExamples
  The three-year-old absolutely trotted-up by five lengths at Pontefract last week, a victory which looks sure to earn him much more than 5lb extra in future handicaps.
  As well as new drivers, cars and teams, results from round one also will be affected by new race-by-race weight handicaps.
  I am starting this exercise program with a handicap - I am carrying 80 extra pounds.
  First of all, there is the difficulty of ensuring that the anomalies would keep their handicaps on.
  However, in Spa-Francorchamps more than anywhere else, the weight handicaps will have a great impact on the performance of the cars.
  This recently-introduced grade of racing, for horses with a handicap rating of 45 or under, has proved popular down south thus far.
  It came just four months after another BBC expose, Kenyon Confronts, used covert footage to show three trainers claiming horses could be prevented from winning certain races in order to lower handicaps.
  Both carried identical handicaps and both moved impressively to the same score of gross 92.
  As in Silverstone a fortnight go, the BMW drivers had to line up with a weight handicap of 20 kilograms compared to their front-wheel-drive rivals.
  He had an unbeatable combination of jumping ability, stamina and pace, as well as the courage to carry crushing burdens in handicaps, in which he usually conceded the full weight range to his rivals.
  But trainers need jockeys who can compete on handicaps at weights considerably less than 9st, and it is a fearsome task to comply, even for fit athletes.
  For the first time this year, the races in France will comply with the new distribution of weight handicaps in the FIA WTCC.
  Justice was fast, but Eagle was just a bit faster, even with my weight handicap.
  Gold shows a particularly vivid knowledge of the dubious ethos of the turf, and reveals how Zeb is tricked by his Irish mentor into losing a race in order to bring down his horse's handicap.
  If a horse is given a high handicap, his chances of winning can be destroyed.
  Despite his 25-kilogram weight handicap, he retains the upper hand.
3. 3.3 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)
  （高尔夫球赛中参赛一方）超过标准杆数的击球次数（为使实力悬殊的赛手得以进行比赛所采取的办法）
  in combination his game struggles along in the 20-handicap range
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the circumstances it was no surprise that nobody beat their handicap, nor that Tim Holt came in the winner, by a short cough.
  Poor old Frank Fahey was summoned back from Spain, where he was making some useful progress on his handicap.
  John Preddy was also in the frame when he again shot 38 points, maintaining his steady progress off his 32 handicap.
  However, knowing Stais, she'll have a happy and active retirement and no doubt her golf handicap will be falling faster than inflation is rising!
  Only John Emmerson managed to equal or better his handicap.
  Golfers of various handicaps were asked to putt on the greens and choose the faster green.
  It must have done wonders for his golf handicap.
  Nicolson will now be seeking to get his golf handicap down.
  To have an enviable handicap in golf and to be a connoisseur of Bacchus is not unknown among members of the medical profession.
  Although Bodfari Signet has been beaten four times since his last success, he is gradually slipping down the handicap.
  Under the U.S. Golf Association's ESC system, players with course handicaps of 9 or less can post no more than a double bogey on any hole.
  Instead of helping their players enhance the skills that may determine their futures, these coaches have little choice but to work on decreasing their golf handicaps.
  Of the 12 major prizewinners, only two failed to equal or better their handicap.
  HRH Prince Andrew has been reducing his golf handicap.
  ‘My goal now is to get my golf handicap down,’ he smiles.
  My golf handicap is currently on the wrong side of twenty so I'll have to see what I can do about that!
  It was to turn into a tough day for the players and only one man was to break par and two equal their handicap so we can exempt them from the ‘Duffer Tag’.
  A lot of weekend practise saw Trevor bounce back to form, also beating his handicap on a day when the poor greens proved too difficult for most of the field.
  The round capped off a very successful period for Mike, which has seen his handicap reduce steadily towards the first division level.
  Since Stewart has declared an interest in attending every Chelsea game this season and getting his golf handicap down as much as possible, that seems unlikely.

verbˈhændiˌkæpˈhandēˌkap

[with object]

1Act as an impediment to.
lack of funding has handicapped the development of research
缺少资金妨碍了研究的进展。
Example sentencesExamples
- Education follows the French system, and is available to all, although the system is handicapped by insufficient funding.
- If the EU is trying to fight an economic war here, it should realize that handicapping its own economy is not the best way to go about it.
- That they were visually impaired did not handicap their ambitions at least.
- Cannabis use in young people remains a controversial area, and absence of good data has handicapped the development of rational public health policies.
- He is further handicapped by being severely limited in what he can and cannot do.
- Here the Constitution is not concerned with handicapping the government to preserve other values.
- Make no mistake: any development of a spacefaring civilization will be handicapped by widespread public refusal to accept the historical sciences.
- And I think that's what has handicapped the police.
- This is clearly a measure of last resort and its application is handicapped by the postoperative development of bronchiolitis obliterans.
- By association, the current designer is handicapped by the fact that men look behind any cultural invention for irrelevant, ingenuous, or threatening forces.
- The European Union boycott and American prohibitions are not seriously handicapping Burma.
- Businesses in part of the growing Dunmore Road area of Waterford are being handicapped because Eircom still hasn't extended high speed Internet access to them and doesn't plan to in the near future.
- But its development is being handicapped by bureaucracy.
- In the end the Japanese showed a preference for doing business with the Chinese, who seemed less handicapped by bureaucratic constraints.
- Robinson said the divisions inside the UUP were now shown to be deep and irreconcilable and even if Smyth had been elected he would have been handicapped by ‘appeasers of republicanism’.
- Consequently because of us, the Maori has been handicapped in his development as a free people.
- And, more importantly, it may be a decision that could handicap the sponsor's future development efforts.
- And quite frankly, I am appalled to discover there are enemies of the state who would have it that Jacob Zuma is somehow handicapped when it comes to dealing with matters of a financial nature.
- I'll cover a variety of things, and I tend to like House elections better anyway, but I expect to write about the Bush campaign and I don't expect to be handicapped in it.
- His development is retarded and he will forever be handicapped by the barbaric treatment at the hands of his own family.
Synonyms
hamper, impede, hinder, impair, disadvantage, put at a disadvantage, hamstring, curtail
1. 1.1 Place (someone) at a disadvantage.
  使（某人）处于不利地位
  without a good set of notes you will handicap yourself when it comes to exams
  如果没有一份完整的笔记，到考试时你就会吃亏。
  Example sentencesExamples
  You're handicapping them by limiting them to acoustic guitars.
  In particular, developing states are handicapped as effective international actors by having relatively underdeveloped diplomatic machines and by a restricted range of policy instruments.
  This child is characteristically handicapped by an inability to tolerate authority, and lacks a capacity for sustained effort; however, he is intelligent.
  Sweatshop monitoring groups say other areas handicapped by geography and poor infrastructure, like Swaziland, saw nearly half their factories closed.
  Ms Johnson-Sirleaf boasts an Ivy League education and top postings in government and the United Nations, but is handicapped by her association with past failed governments.
  We just don't want it to mean that the system handicaps him too.
  Scientists in developing countries are terribly handicapped in both generation and sharing.
  Instituting more rules based on morality handicaps the soldiers.
  Seles' game is not suited to fast grass courts and she is handicapped by her awkward two-handed volleying style, where she approaches the net as though about to bludgeon someone with a frying pan.
  Congress has handicapped him from a resource standpoint.
  People don't realise how much tendinitis can handicap you throughout your time in the game.
  For so much of the tragedy in disability is created by a society which needlessly handicaps us.
  And she was handicapped by a seriously self-obsessed mother, who seems sometimes to have suffered depression, but even when she was not ill was utterly wrapped up in her own concerns.
  They knew they were trying to ride a very weak and handicapped candidate to victory, and he went down to a much worse defeat than they had anticipated and so I think right now a lot of Democrats are stunned.
  This agency is handicapped, however, because its funding is voluntary and contributors may earmark their donations for specific programs.
  Those born to poor parents are handicapped from birth by poor schooling, poor healthcare, and frequently poor nutrition.
  And I think those people handicapped by the lack of a diploma can easily bypass this hurdle so long as the stress is placed more on a certificate than on real abilities.
  Third, both the oath and the mandate are handicapped by a constricted vision.
  In essence, his players were handicapped by their inexperience and a lack of awareness what was required to succeed at the highest level.
  ‘Many men think that if they keep their woman where she does not know anything, this is going to benefit him,’ but in reality, she says, this handicaps the man.

Usage

See handicapped

Origin

Mid 17th century: from the phrase hand in cap; originally a pastime in which one person claimed an article belonging to another and offered something in exchange, any difference in value being decided by an umpire. All three deposited forfeit money in a cap; the two opponents showed their agreement or disagreement with the valuation by bringing out their hands either full or empty. If both were the same, the umpire took the forfeit money; if not it went to the person who accepted the valuation. The term handicap race was applied (late 18th century) to a horse race in which an umpire decided the weight to be carried by each horse, the owners showing acceptance or dissent in a similar way: hence in the late 19th century handicap came to mean the extra weight given to the superior horse.

词汇	handicap
释义	Definition of handicap in English: handicap nounPlural handicaps ˈhandɪkapˈhændiˌkæp 1A circumstance that makes progress or success difficult. 不利因素，障碍 not being able to drive was something of a handicap Example sentencesExamples These same handicaps account for Germany's lack of success in imperialist combinations and alliances. Although there was nothing to prevent him from practising surgery, the biggest handicap was the unavailability of basic infrastructural facilities. One must keep in mind the primary handicap of human beings in such circumstances. In interacting with individuals of lower status or even equal social rank, people tend to be candid in referring to appearance, shortcomings, or handicaps. He added a further handicap to success when it was decided that the league would own all the teams. All students of Judo are courageous and inspiring, and all of them overcome great difficulties and personal handicaps. Even with the well-documented handicaps of limited finance and poor distribution, we still manage to create exceedingly good films. It would make no sense to go forward in the Union with a self-imposed handicap which would reduce our effectiveness and our success. They faced severe handicaps because of limited education and job skills, inadequate English, and racial prejudice. Such handicaps did nothing to dampen the spirits of the Silver Scot. Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Charlie Parker: all had to struggle against handicaps to become successful artists. Mary explained that the biggest handicap for members is rain which makes it extremely difficult to keep the playing hand dry while pulling a caddy car at the same time. His huge mane may be a handicap that prevents him from helping the hunt, but in courtship size matters. Its content, however, reflects both the handicaps mentioned and the limitations of the judicial process. Although there are many higher levels on which rebirth can be achieved, they are potentially a handicap to spiritual progress. Until the recall, he'd overcome this handicap by spotlighting his opponents' shortcomings. Losing over half-a-team in a year has proved too difficult a handicap for Fenagh to overcome and they shipped a heavy defeat from the champions last week. The lack of capacity and facilities is also a handicap to success in the lower divisions. They have overcome Beijing's natural handicaps and the ravages of successive invasions, and established the city as a world capital. And it has to be said that he was remarkably successful at it, despite some of the handicaps which we have already mentioned. Synonyms impediment, hindrance, obstacle, barrier, bar, encumbrance disadvantage, drawback, stumbling block, difficulty, shortcoming, obstruction, limitation, constraint, straitjacket, restriction, check, block, curb ball and chain, albatross, millstone round someone's neck literary trammel 2dated, offensive A condition that markedly restricts a person's ability to function physically, mentally, or socially. 生理（或智力、交际功能）缺陷，残疾 he was born with a significant visual handicap 他出生时就有严重的视力缺陷。 Synonyms disability, physical abnormality, mental abnormality, defect, impairment, affliction, disadvantage, deficiency 3A disadvantage imposed on a superior competitor in sports such as golf, horse racing, and competitive sailing in order to make the chances more equal. （高尔夫、赛马及帆船比赛等体育比赛中为使选手得胜机会较均等而对较强者施加的）障碍，不利条件 Example sentencesExamples Choose from over 20 maps, set handicaps, map sizes and the difficulty of the computer players, allow cheats, share resources, and other stuff. In Thailand, we play many fine courses of different standards and levels of difficulty and do so applying our lowest current handicap, from whatever source. O'Driscoll plays golf off a handicap of nine but says he could never have made it as a pro. Well, a new innovation from the governing body means that you will now be able to check your exact handicap via your mobile phone. There is no doubt that this is a competitive handicap with plenty of dangers. Only when they play with the hindrance of a handicap, as they did when Hearts were two up in Glasgow a fortnight back, is there any fun in it. In summary, the Pattaya Sports Club realizes the need for each member to have a competitive handicap regardless of his or her level of skill. Now aged 42, he lives in Carlow, plays golf off a handicap of 13, and commutes in his Jaguar every day to his office in ParkWest. In reality, this will probably mean improving his golf handicap of 21. Twenty-four did not seem all that bad for a novice when I was awarded a handicap by those knowledgeable committeemen at Swinton Park Golf Club. We are also affiliated to the Lancashire Union of Golf Clubs so handicaps can be obtained. Golf handicaps have not gone down and golfers are not any less frustrated than they have ever been before. Hunt's handicap was trimmed by three strokes after his cup success. At first it was thought that Doug had tied Dene Mundy at 38 points, but after checking the new handicaps, it was found that he had won by a point. John Moore was declared winner after the match, but after checking his most recent handicap, it was determined that John had come in tied for third. He plays off a golf handicap of 14, and is an avid GAA, soccer and rugby follower. In his leisure time he follows West Ham United and plays golf off a handicap of 12. There was a difference this year, with the handicaps restricted to three quarters with a maximum of eighteen, which resulted in the number of teams being slightly less than on previous occasions. Battling against painful odds to remain in the game the little genius still plays off a scratch handicap hoping to comeback to competitive golf. The BSF Tennis committee has reverted back to the former handicap system and all clubs are advised to check their respective handicaps with the Mixed League secretary. 3.1 A race or contest in which a handicap is imposed. 让步赛 in names the National Hunt Handicap Chase 全国追猎让步赛。 Example sentencesExamples The four-year-old caught the eye when finishing fifth in a competitive handicap at Haydock on his latest start. He lost out by a short head to Clever Consul in a competitive handicap, after losing a lot of ground at the start. Carrying top weight in such a competitive handicap is never ideal but he has earned the poundage and he is built to carry it. Winner of three of his four races, he has made significant strides this season, his latest success coming in a red-hot handicap at Newmarket last month. That success was achieved in a handicap in which Lady Protector had gone down in a photo-finish 12 months earlier, so it was deserved compensation. She followed a cantering success in a Roscommon handicap with a smooth victory in a conditions event at Leopardstown ten days ago. Having broken his maiden tag at Ripon on his second outing, Guto was then beaten narrowly at Musselburgh before returning to Ripon to gain a gritty success in a nursery handicap. The gelding was an 18-length winner that day, but failed to build on his success by trailing home fifth of six in an Ascot handicap on his most recent start. The eight-year-old fulfilled the promise of several creditable placed efforts with an overdue success in a valuable handicap at Hamilton last week. She ran her best race to date at Galway six days ago when powering through late to finish two lengths second behind Penny Farthing in a competitive handicap. Chris Wall's gelding comes into battle in great heart after producing a sterling effort to win a competitive handicap at Newbury on his latest outing. A high-class performer, who scored at Newbury early last season, Vintage Premium went on to run well in several competitive handicaps. Kempton's Racing Post Chase is traditionally one of the most competitive handicaps in the calendar, but no-one told jockey Richard Johnson and pint-sized Gunther McBride. At Ascot as recently as last Saturday, he won a competitive handicap by one and three-quarter lengths from Guinea Hunter. Prior to his Kempton success, the former also won a valuable Ascot handicap and his trainer feels the Lord Americo gelding is now ready to leave that company and step up in trip. The same trainer and jockey joined forces yesterday to clinch a shock 50-1 success with Bagan in the curtain-raising handicap. Trained at Lambourn by Lavinia Taylor, this six-year-old proved solidly progressive last season and wound-up by winning a valuable handicap at Ayr in April. Trained at Newmarket by Michael Bell, Magic Rainbow showed some decent form in competitive handicaps last season. It was the trainer's second victory in Europe's richest sprint handicap, following Wildwood Flower's success in 1997. This time last year, Blueprint was winning one of the handicaps at the royal meeting but such has been his progress since then, the horse is likely to start as one of the favourites for what could be one of the best races of the week. 3.2 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. （赛马中为使所有的赛马得胜机会均等，根据过去比赛的纪录，给某匹赛马增加的）额外负重 Example sentencesExamples As in Silverstone a fortnight go, the BMW drivers had to line up with a weight handicap of 20 kilograms compared to their front-wheel-drive rivals. He had an unbeatable combination of jumping ability, stamina and pace, as well as the courage to carry crushing burdens in handicaps, in which he usually conceded the full weight range to his rivals. I am starting this exercise program with a handicap - I am carrying 80 extra pounds. Justice was fast, but Eagle was just a bit faster, even with my weight handicap. Both carried identical handicaps and both moved impressively to the same score of gross 92. It came just four months after another BBC expose, Kenyon Confronts, used covert footage to show three trainers claiming horses could be prevented from winning certain races in order to lower handicaps. The three-year-old absolutely trotted-up by five lengths at Pontefract last week, a victory which looks sure to earn him much more than 5lb extra in future handicaps. However, in Spa-Francorchamps more than anywhere else, the weight handicaps will have a great impact on the performance of the cars. If a horse is given a high handicap, his chances of winning can be destroyed. As well as new drivers, cars and teams, results from round one also will be affected by new race-by-race weight handicaps. This recently-introduced grade of racing, for horses with a handicap rating of 45 or under, has proved popular down south thus far. Gold shows a particularly vivid knowledge of the dubious ethos of the turf, and reveals how Zeb is tricked by his Irish mentor into losing a race in order to bring down his horse's handicap. But trainers need jockeys who can compete on handicaps at weights considerably less than 9st, and it is a fearsome task to comply, even for fit athletes. For the first time this year, the races in France will comply with the new distribution of weight handicaps in the FIA WTCC. First of all, there is the difficulty of ensuring that the anomalies would keep their handicaps on. Despite his 25-kilogram weight handicap, he retains the upper hand. 3.3 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) （高尔夫球赛中参赛一方）超过标准杆数的击球次数（为使实力悬殊的赛手得以进行比赛所采取的办法） he plays off a handicap of 10 他让10杆参加比赛。 Example sentencesExamples ‘My goal now is to get my golf handicap down,’ he smiles. Of the 12 major prizewinners, only two failed to equal or better their handicap. It was to turn into a tough day for the players and only one man was to break par and two equal their handicap so we can exempt them from the ‘Duffer Tag’. Nicolson will now be seeking to get his golf handicap down. It must have done wonders for his golf handicap. The round capped off a very successful period for Mike, which has seen his handicap reduce steadily towards the first division level. Under the U.S. Golf Association's ESC system, players with course handicaps of 9 or less can post no more than a double bogey on any hole. Since Stewart has declared an interest in attending every Chelsea game this season and getting his golf handicap down as much as possible, that seems unlikely. Golfers of various handicaps were asked to putt on the greens and choose the faster green. In the circumstances it was no surprise that nobody beat their handicap, nor that Tim Holt came in the winner, by a short cough. Instead of helping their players enhance the skills that may determine their futures, these coaches have little choice but to work on decreasing their golf handicaps. A lot of weekend practise saw Trevor bounce back to form, also beating his handicap on a day when the poor greens proved too difficult for most of the field. Although Bodfari Signet has been beaten four times since his last success, he is gradually slipping down the handicap. Poor old Frank Fahey was summoned back from Spain, where he was making some useful progress on his handicap. However, knowing Stais, she'll have a happy and active retirement and no doubt her golf handicap will be falling faster than inflation is rising! To have an enviable handicap in golf and to be a connoisseur of Bacchus is not unknown among members of the medical profession. Only John Emmerson managed to equal or better his handicap. John Preddy was also in the frame when he again shot 38 points, maintaining his steady progress off his 32 handicap. HRH Prince Andrew has been reducing his golf handicap. My golf handicap is currently on the wrong side of twenty so I'll have to see what I can do about that! verbhandicaps, handicapped, handicapping ˈhandɪkapˈhændiˌkæp [with object] 1Act as an impediment to. lack of funding has handicapped the development of research 缺少资金妨碍了研究的进展。 Example sentencesExamples Education follows the French system, and is available to all, although the system is handicapped by insufficient funding. I'll cover a variety of things, and I tend to like House elections better anyway, but I expect to write about the Bush campaign and I don't expect to be handicapped in it. His development is retarded and he will forever be handicapped by the barbaric treatment at the hands of his own family. The European Union boycott and American prohibitions are not seriously handicapping Burma. Consequently because of us, the Maori has been handicapped in his development as a free people. And I think that's what has handicapped the police. Cannabis use in young people remains a controversial area, and absence of good data has handicapped the development of rational public health policies. That they were visually impaired did not handicap their ambitions at least. Robinson said the divisions inside the UUP were now shown to be deep and irreconcilable and even if Smyth had been elected he would have been handicapped by ‘appeasers of republicanism’. If the EU is trying to fight an economic war here, it should realize that handicapping its own economy is not the best way to go about it. Businesses in part of the growing Dunmore Road area of Waterford are being handicapped because Eircom still hasn't extended high speed Internet access to them and doesn't plan to in the near future. In the end the Japanese showed a preference for doing business with the Chinese, who seemed less handicapped by bureaucratic constraints. He is further handicapped by being severely limited in what he can and cannot do. Make no mistake: any development of a spacefaring civilization will be handicapped by widespread public refusal to accept the historical sciences. And, more importantly, it may be a decision that could handicap the sponsor's future development efforts. And quite frankly, I am appalled to discover there are enemies of the state who would have it that Jacob Zuma is somehow handicapped when it comes to dealing with matters of a financial nature. Here the Constitution is not concerned with handicapping the government to preserve other values. By association, the current designer is handicapped by the fact that men look behind any cultural invention for irrelevant, ingenuous, or threatening forces. But its development is being handicapped by bureaucracy. This is clearly a measure of last resort and its application is handicapped by the postoperative development of bronchiolitis obliterans. Synonyms hamper, impede, hinder, impair, disadvantage, put at a disadvantage, hamstring, curtail restrict, check, obstruct, block, curb, bridle, hold back, constrain, limit, encumber informal stymie North American informal bork literary trammel 1.1 Place (someone) at a disadvantage. 使（某人）处于不利地位 her lack of formal training handicapped her Example sentencesExamples Those born to poor parents are handicapped from birth by poor schooling, poor healthcare, and frequently poor nutrition. This child is characteristically handicapped by an inability to tolerate authority, and lacks a capacity for sustained effort; however, he is intelligent. For so much of the tragedy in disability is created by a society which needlessly handicaps us. You're handicapping them by limiting them to acoustic guitars. ‘Many men think that if they keep their woman where she does not know anything, this is going to benefit him,’ but in reality, she says, this handicaps the man. In essence, his players were handicapped by their inexperience and a lack of awareness what was required to succeed at the highest level. People don't realise how much tendinitis can handicap you throughout your time in the game. We just don't want it to mean that the system handicaps him too. Third, both the oath and the mandate are handicapped by a constricted vision. And she was handicapped by a seriously self-obsessed mother, who seems sometimes to have suffered depression, but even when she was not ill was utterly wrapped up in her own concerns. This agency is handicapped, however, because its funding is voluntary and contributors may earmark their donations for specific programs. They knew they were trying to ride a very weak and handicapped candidate to victory, and he went down to a much worse defeat than they had anticipated and so I think right now a lot of Democrats are stunned. And I think those people handicapped by the lack of a diploma can easily bypass this hurdle so long as the stress is placed more on a certificate than on real abilities. Congress has handicapped him from a resource standpoint. Ms Johnson-Sirleaf boasts an Ivy League education and top postings in government and the United Nations, but is handicapped by her association with past failed governments. Scientists in developing countries are terribly handicapped in both generation and sharing. Instituting more rules based on morality handicaps the soldiers. In particular, developing states are handicapped as effective international actors by having relatively underdeveloped diplomatic machines and by a restricted range of policy instruments. Seles' game is not suited to fast grass courts and she is handicapped by her awkward two-handed volleying style, where she approaches the net as though about to bludgeon someone with a frying pan. Sweatshop monitoring groups say other areas handicapped by geography and poor infrastructure, like Swaziland, saw nearly half their factories closed. Usage See handicapped Phrases out of the handicap Having a handicap rating that would merit carrying a weight below the minimum specified for a race. 〔赛马〕免加额外负重（负重级别低于比赛规定应加的最低额外负重量） the horse was 13 lb out of the handicap Example sentencesExamples I am pleasantly surprised there are only 11 runners but, with Marlborough heading the weights, plenty were deterred by the thought of being out of the handicap. Their smart four-year-old Matty Tun won £18,000 in a handicap at York on Dante day from 4lbs out of the handicap, and went into many people's notebooks that day, even though he hung right in the finish. Though racing from 3lb out of the handicap, he made all the running under John McAuley and held on gamely by a length from 6-1 shot Barathea Blazer. He is currently well out of the handicap for the Welsh Grand National but would be well-weighted if the top two weights, Kingsmark and Behrajan, are withdrawn. Despite his inclusion putting plenty of potential runners out of the handicap, the field will be big and the pace should be genuine. Meanwhile at Cork, A New Story may overcome the disadvantage of being 5lb out of the handicap to land the Paddy Power Cork Grand National. However, these horses are going to struggle to avoid an exclusion order because they will have to race off 40 and are going to be out of the handicap in every race. Ellenjay has to race from 8lbs out of the handicap, but that is offset somewhat by Danny Howard's claim and it is also interesting to note he has only ever won going right-handed. For the first time since June I did not bet him as I felt the race conditions would be against him - he was out of the handicap, and it was a huge field. Kerry Lads, from Lucinda Russell's Milnathort yard, is virtually certain to run, and despite his fall at Ayr last time out, he has a good each-way chance, even from a bit out of the handicap. Origin Mid 17th century: from the phrase hand in cap; originally a pastime in which one person claimed an article belonging to another and offered something in exchange, any difference in value being decided by an umpire. All three deposited forfeit money in a cap; the two opponents showed their agreement or disagreement with the valuation by bringing out their hands either full or empty. If both were the same, the umpire took the forfeit money; if not it went to the person who accepted the valuation. The term handicap race was applied (late 18th century) to a horse race in which an umpire decided the weight to be carried by each horse, the owners showing acceptance or dissent in a similar way: hence in the late 19th century handicap came to mean the extra weight given to the superior horse. This word derives from a old pastime that involved one person claiming an article belonging to another and offering something in exchange. The participants then appointed an umpire to adjudicate the difference in value, and then all three deposited forfeit money in a cap, the two opponents showing their agreement or disagreement with the valuation by putting in their hands and then bringing them out either full or empty. This sport was called hand in cap, later reduced to handicap. The word is first recorded in the mid 17th century, but the practice appears in the 14th-century poem Piers Plowman, and is known elsewhere in continental Europe from an early date. The handicap race (originally handicap match), in which an umpire determines what weight each horse carries in order to equalize their chances, dates from the mid 18th century. noun.1 phr. Definition of handicap in US English: handicap nounˈhændiˌkæpˈhandēˌkap 1A circumstance that makes progress or success difficult. 不利因素，障碍 a criminal conviction is a handicap and a label that may stick forever 刑事判决是一个不利因素，可能成为身上一张永远揭不掉的标签。 Example sentencesExamples His huge mane may be a handicap that prevents him from helping the hunt, but in courtship size matters. Losing over half-a-team in a year has proved too difficult a handicap for Fenagh to overcome and they shipped a heavy defeat from the champions last week. The lack of capacity and facilities is also a handicap to success in the lower divisions. Although there was nothing to prevent him from practising surgery, the biggest handicap was the unavailability of basic infrastructural facilities. It would make no sense to go forward in the Union with a self-imposed handicap which would reduce our effectiveness and our success. These same handicaps account for Germany's lack of success in imperialist combinations and alliances. He added a further handicap to success when it was decided that the league would own all the teams. Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Charlie Parker: all had to struggle against handicaps to become successful artists. Its content, however, reflects both the handicaps mentioned and the limitations of the judicial process. One must keep in mind the primary handicap of human beings in such circumstances. Mary explained that the biggest handicap for members is rain which makes it extremely difficult to keep the playing hand dry while pulling a caddy car at the same time. Such handicaps did nothing to dampen the spirits of the Silver Scot. Even with the well-documented handicaps of limited finance and poor distribution, we still manage to create exceedingly good films. They have overcome Beijing's natural handicaps and the ravages of successive invasions, and established the city as a world capital. In interacting with individuals of lower status or even equal social rank, people tend to be candid in referring to appearance, shortcomings, or handicaps. They faced severe handicaps because of limited education and job skills, inadequate English, and racial prejudice. All students of Judo are courageous and inspiring, and all of them overcome great difficulties and personal handicaps. And it has to be said that he was remarkably successful at it, despite some of the handicaps which we have already mentioned. Until the recall, he'd overcome this handicap by spotlighting his opponents' shortcomings. Although there are many higher levels on which rebirth can be achieved, they are potentially a handicap to spiritual progress. Synonyms impediment, hindrance, obstacle, barrier, bar, encumbrance 2offensive, dated A condition that markedly restricts a person's ability to function physically, mentally, or socially. 生理（或智力、交际功能）缺陷，残疾 he was born with a significant visual handicap 他出生时就有严重的视力缺陷。 Synonyms disability, physical abnormality, mental abnormality, defect, impairment, affliction, disadvantage, deficiency 3A disadvantage imposed on a superior competitor in sports such as golf, horse racing, and competitive sailing in order to make the chances more equal. （高尔夫、赛马及帆船比赛等体育比赛中为使选手得胜机会较均等而对较强者施加的）障碍，不利条件 Example sentencesExamples He plays off a golf handicap of 14, and is an avid GAA, soccer and rugby follower. Battling against painful odds to remain in the game the little genius still plays off a scratch handicap hoping to comeback to competitive golf. There is no doubt that this is a competitive handicap with plenty of dangers. There was a difference this year, with the handicaps restricted to three quarters with a maximum of eighteen, which resulted in the number of teams being slightly less than on previous occasions. In his leisure time he follows West Ham United and plays golf off a handicap of 12. Golf handicaps have not gone down and golfers are not any less frustrated than they have ever been before. Only when they play with the hindrance of a handicap, as they did when Hearts were two up in Glasgow a fortnight back, is there any fun in it. Choose from over 20 maps, set handicaps, map sizes and the difficulty of the computer players, allow cheats, share resources, and other stuff. Twenty-four did not seem all that bad for a novice when I was awarded a handicap by those knowledgeable committeemen at Swinton Park Golf Club. We are also affiliated to the Lancashire Union of Golf Clubs so handicaps can be obtained. O'Driscoll plays golf off a handicap of nine but says he could never have made it as a pro. In reality, this will probably mean improving his golf handicap of 21. The BSF Tennis committee has reverted back to the former handicap system and all clubs are advised to check their respective handicaps with the Mixed League secretary. Now aged 42, he lives in Carlow, plays golf off a handicap of 13, and commutes in his Jaguar every day to his office in ParkWest. Hunt's handicap was trimmed by three strokes after his cup success. John Moore was declared winner after the match, but after checking his most recent handicap, it was determined that John had come in tied for third. In summary, the Pattaya Sports Club realizes the need for each member to have a competitive handicap regardless of his or her level of skill. Well, a new innovation from the governing body means that you will now be able to check your exact handicap via your mobile phone. In Thailand, we play many fine courses of different standards and levels of difficulty and do so applying our lowest current handicap, from whatever source. At first it was thought that Doug had tied Dene Mundy at 38 points, but after checking the new handicaps, it was found that he had won by a point. 3.1 A race or contest in which a disadvantage is imposed on a superior competitor. 让步赛 in names the trophy for the $75,000 Ak-Sar-Ben Handicap Example sentencesExamples Winner of three of his four races, he has made significant strides this season, his latest success coming in a red-hot handicap at Newmarket last month. Having broken his maiden tag at Ripon on his second outing, Guto was then beaten narrowly at Musselburgh before returning to Ripon to gain a gritty success in a nursery handicap. She ran her best race to date at Galway six days ago when powering through late to finish two lengths second behind Penny Farthing in a competitive handicap. Trained at Newmarket by Michael Bell, Magic Rainbow showed some decent form in competitive handicaps last season. Trained at Lambourn by Lavinia Taylor, this six-year-old proved solidly progressive last season and wound-up by winning a valuable handicap at Ayr in April. The same trainer and jockey joined forces yesterday to clinch a shock 50-1 success with Bagan in the curtain-raising handicap. He lost out by a short head to Clever Consul in a competitive handicap, after losing a lot of ground at the start. A high-class performer, who scored at Newbury early last season, Vintage Premium went on to run well in several competitive handicaps. This time last year, Blueprint was winning one of the handicaps at the royal meeting but such has been his progress since then, the horse is likely to start as one of the favourites for what could be one of the best races of the week. It was the trainer's second victory in Europe's richest sprint handicap, following Wildwood Flower's success in 1997. The eight-year-old fulfilled the promise of several creditable placed efforts with an overdue success in a valuable handicap at Hamilton last week. She followed a cantering success in a Roscommon handicap with a smooth victory in a conditions event at Leopardstown ten days ago. Kempton's Racing Post Chase is traditionally one of the most competitive handicaps in the calendar, but no-one told jockey Richard Johnson and pint-sized Gunther McBride. At Ascot as recently as last Saturday, he won a competitive handicap by one and three-quarter lengths from Guinea Hunter. Prior to his Kempton success, the former also won a valuable Ascot handicap and his trainer feels the Lord Americo gelding is now ready to leave that company and step up in trip. That success was achieved in a handicap in which Lady Protector had gone down in a photo-finish 12 months earlier, so it was deserved compensation. Carrying top weight in such a competitive handicap is never ideal but he has earned the poundage and he is built to carry it. The gelding was an 18-length winner that day, but failed to build on his success by trailing home fifth of six in an Ascot handicap on his most recent start. The four-year-old caught the eye when finishing fifth in a competitive handicap at Haydock on his latest start. Chris Wall's gelding comes into battle in great heart after producing a sterling effort to win a competitive handicap at Newbury on his latest outing. 3.2 The extra weight to be carried in a race by a racehorse on the basis of its previous performance to make its chances of winning the same as those of the other horses. （赛马中为使所有的赛马得胜机会均等，根据过去比赛的纪录，给某匹赛马增加的）额外负重 Example sentencesExamples The three-year-old absolutely trotted-up by five lengths at Pontefract last week, a victory which looks sure to earn him much more than 5lb extra in future handicaps. As well as new drivers, cars and teams, results from round one also will be affected by new race-by-race weight handicaps. I am starting this exercise program with a handicap - I am carrying 80 extra pounds. First of all, there is the difficulty of ensuring that the anomalies would keep their handicaps on. However, in Spa-Francorchamps more than anywhere else, the weight handicaps will have a great impact on the performance of the cars. This recently-introduced grade of racing, for horses with a handicap rating of 45 or under, has proved popular down south thus far. It came just four months after another BBC expose, Kenyon Confronts, used covert footage to show three trainers claiming horses could be prevented from winning certain races in order to lower handicaps. Both carried identical handicaps and both moved impressively to the same score of gross 92. As in Silverstone a fortnight go, the BMW drivers had to line up with a weight handicap of 20 kilograms compared to their front-wheel-drive rivals. He had an unbeatable combination of jumping ability, stamina and pace, as well as the courage to carry crushing burdens in handicaps, in which he usually conceded the full weight range to his rivals. But trainers need jockeys who can compete on handicaps at weights considerably less than 9st, and it is a fearsome task to comply, even for fit athletes. For the first time this year, the races in France will comply with the new distribution of weight handicaps in the FIA WTCC. Justice was fast, but Eagle was just a bit faster, even with my weight handicap. Gold shows a particularly vivid knowledge of the dubious ethos of the turf, and reveals how Zeb is tricked by his Irish mentor into losing a race in order to bring down his horse's handicap. If a horse is given a high handicap, his chances of winning can be destroyed. Despite his 25-kilogram weight handicap, he retains the upper hand. 3.3 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) （高尔夫球赛中参赛一方）超过标准杆数的击球次数（为使实力悬殊的赛手得以进行比赛所采取的办法） in combination his game struggles along in the 20-handicap range Example sentencesExamples In the circumstances it was no surprise that nobody beat their handicap, nor that Tim Holt came in the winner, by a short cough. Poor old Frank Fahey was summoned back from Spain, where he was making some useful progress on his handicap. John Preddy was also in the frame when he again shot 38 points, maintaining his steady progress off his 32 handicap. However, knowing Stais, she'll have a happy and active retirement and no doubt her golf handicap will be falling faster than inflation is rising! Only John Emmerson managed to equal or better his handicap. Golfers of various handicaps were asked to putt on the greens and choose the faster green. It must have done wonders for his golf handicap. Nicolson will now be seeking to get his golf handicap down. To have an enviable handicap in golf and to be a connoisseur of Bacchus is not unknown among members of the medical profession. Although Bodfari Signet has been beaten four times since his last success, he is gradually slipping down the handicap. Under the U.S. Golf Association's ESC system, players with course handicaps of 9 or less can post no more than a double bogey on any hole. Instead of helping their players enhance the skills that may determine their futures, these coaches have little choice but to work on decreasing their golf handicaps. Of the 12 major prizewinners, only two failed to equal or better their handicap. HRH Prince Andrew has been reducing his golf handicap. ‘My goal now is to get my golf handicap down,’ he smiles. My golf handicap is currently on the wrong side of twenty so I'll have to see what I can do about that! It was to turn into a tough day for the players and only one man was to break par and two equal their handicap so we can exempt them from the ‘Duffer Tag’. A lot of weekend practise saw Trevor bounce back to form, also beating his handicap on a day when the poor greens proved too difficult for most of the field. The round capped off a very successful period for Mike, which has seen his handicap reduce steadily towards the first division level. Since Stewart has declared an interest in attending every Chelsea game this season and getting his golf handicap down as much as possible, that seems unlikely. verbˈhændiˌkæpˈhandēˌkap [with object] 1Act as an impediment to. lack of funding has handicapped the development of research 缺少资金妨碍了研究的进展。 Example sentencesExamples Education follows the French system, and is available to all, although the system is handicapped by insufficient funding. If the EU is trying to fight an economic war here, it should realize that handicapping its own economy is not the best way to go about it. That they were visually impaired did not handicap their ambitions at least. Cannabis use in young people remains a controversial area, and absence of good data has handicapped the development of rational public health policies. He is further handicapped by being severely limited in what he can and cannot do. Here the Constitution is not concerned with handicapping the government to preserve other values. Make no mistake: any development of a spacefaring civilization will be handicapped by widespread public refusal to accept the historical sciences. And I think that's what has handicapped the police. This is clearly a measure of last resort and its application is handicapped by the postoperative development of bronchiolitis obliterans. By association, the current designer is handicapped by the fact that men look behind any cultural invention for irrelevant, ingenuous, or threatening forces. The European Union boycott and American prohibitions are not seriously handicapping Burma. Businesses in part of the growing Dunmore Road area of Waterford are being handicapped because Eircom still hasn't extended high speed Internet access to them and doesn't plan to in the near future. But its development is being handicapped by bureaucracy. In the end the Japanese showed a preference for doing business with the Chinese, who seemed less handicapped by bureaucratic constraints. Robinson said the divisions inside the UUP were now shown to be deep and irreconcilable and even if Smyth had been elected he would have been handicapped by ‘appeasers of republicanism’. Consequently because of us, the Maori has been handicapped in his development as a free people. And, more importantly, it may be a decision that could handicap the sponsor's future development efforts. And quite frankly, I am appalled to discover there are enemies of the state who would have it that Jacob Zuma is somehow handicapped when it comes to dealing with matters of a financial nature. I'll cover a variety of things, and I tend to like House elections better anyway, but I expect to write about the Bush campaign and I don't expect to be handicapped in it. His development is retarded and he will forever be handicapped by the barbaric treatment at the hands of his own family. Synonyms hamper, impede, hinder, impair, disadvantage, put at a disadvantage, hamstring, curtail 1.1 Place (someone) at a disadvantage. 使（某人）处于不利地位 without a good set of notes you will handicap yourself when it comes to exams 如果没有一份完整的笔记，到考试时你就会吃亏。 Example sentencesExamples You're handicapping them by limiting them to acoustic guitars. In particular, developing states are handicapped as effective international actors by having relatively underdeveloped diplomatic machines and by a restricted range of policy instruments. This child is characteristically handicapped by an inability to tolerate authority, and lacks a capacity for sustained effort; however, he is intelligent. Sweatshop monitoring groups say other areas handicapped by geography and poor infrastructure, like Swaziland, saw nearly half their factories closed. Ms Johnson-Sirleaf boasts an Ivy League education and top postings in government and the United Nations, but is handicapped by her association with past failed governments. We just don't want it to mean that the system handicaps him too. Scientists in developing countries are terribly handicapped in both generation and sharing. Instituting more rules based on morality handicaps the soldiers. Seles' game is not suited to fast grass courts and she is handicapped by her awkward two-handed volleying style, where she approaches the net as though about to bludgeon someone with a frying pan. Congress has handicapped him from a resource standpoint. People don't realise how much tendinitis can handicap you throughout your time in the game. For so much of the tragedy in disability is created by a society which needlessly handicaps us. And she was handicapped by a seriously self-obsessed mother, who seems sometimes to have suffered depression, but even when she was not ill was utterly wrapped up in her own concerns. They knew they were trying to ride a very weak and handicapped candidate to victory, and he went down to a much worse defeat than they had anticipated and so I think right now a lot of Democrats are stunned. This agency is handicapped, however, because its funding is voluntary and contributors may earmark their donations for specific programs. Those born to poor parents are handicapped from birth by poor schooling, poor healthcare, and frequently poor nutrition. And I think those people handicapped by the lack of a diploma can easily bypass this hurdle so long as the stress is placed more on a certificate than on real abilities. Third, both the oath and the mandate are handicapped by a constricted vision. In essence, his players were handicapped by their inexperience and a lack of awareness what was required to succeed at the highest level. ‘Many men think that if they keep their woman where she does not know anything, this is going to benefit him,’ but in reality, she says, this handicaps the man. Usage See handicapped Origin Mid 17th century: from the phrase hand in cap; originally a pastime in which one person claimed an article belonging to another and offered something in exchange, any difference in value being decided by an umpire. All three deposited forfeit money in a cap; the two opponents showed their agreement or disagreement with the valuation by bringing out their hands either full or empty. If both were the same, the umpire took the forfeit money; if not it went to the person who accepted the valuation. The term handicap race was applied (late 18th century) to a horse race in which an umpire decided the weight to be carried by each horse, the owners showing acceptance or dissent in a similar way: hence in the late 19th century handicap came to mean the extra weight given to the superior horse.
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