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Definition of stumbling block in English: stumbling blocknounˈstʌmblɪŋ blɒkˈstəmb(ə)lɪŋ ˌblɑk A circumstance that causes difficulty or hesitation. 障碍物；绊脚石 the country's water shortage was a stumbling block to investors Example sentencesExamples - Cash constraints, stadium set-backs and league politics are among the most recent stumbling blocks.
- Within a framework of spirituality, differences cease to be stumbling blocks and become a source of stimulation and enrichment.
- The next stumbling blocks are two major federal review processes which could take over a year to complete, but have yet to get formally underway.
- Of course there are pains, pitfalls and stumbling blocks, but we have hope.
- The principal stumbling blocks to implementation were engineering problems, he said.
- A major stumbling block for many investors is dealing with the investments heading south.
- One of the stumbling blocks is that the Indian government has not signed any international conventions dealing with children abducted by a parent.
- The chaotic transport conditions coupled with archaic port facilities are major stumbling blocks.
- Despite the stumbling blocks, government sources on both sides believe genuine efforts have been made by all parties to secure a solution.
- One of the major findings was that the high cost of accommodation was proving significant stumbling blocks in the development of the tourism industry in Kerry.
- But hotel consultant Stephen Hughes said, after some stumbling blocks, they have created a much better hotel than they imagined.
- He said most of the stumbling blocks facing development in Sligo are planning problems, not anti-development sentiment.
- In Scotland we need this sense of continuity to preserve a sense of our own identity in the face of all the stumbling blocks that have been put in our way over the last three centuries.
- Unfortunately, one of the main stumbling blocks here is the humour, always a difficult element to shoehorn into music.
- Be careful not to create any unnecessary stumbling blocks.
- In realising and recognising that these markers are not as enormous as we once believed, we turn them from stumbling blocks to stepping stones, on our way to the wider future.
- The solution therefore lies not in creating another religion based on hatred, but in removing the stumbling blocks to religious amity.
- It is also true; the road leading to return of pandits to Kashmir is now laden with a lot of stumbling blocks and obstacles.
- He knows there will be stumbling blocks, plenty of pitfalls awaiting.
- There were real stumbling blocks before preventing talks and then hindering them when they were attempted.
Synonyms obstacle, hurdle, barrier, bar, hindrance, impediment, handicap, disadvantage, restriction, limitation snag, hitch, catch, drawback, difficulty, problem, issue, weakness, defect, pitfall, complication informal fly in the ointment, hiccup, facer British informal spanner in the works North American informal monkey wrench in the works
Definition of stumbling block in US English: stumbling blocknounˈstəmb(ə)liNG ˌbläkˈstəmb(ə)lɪŋ ˌblɑk A circumstance that causes difficulty or hesitation. 障碍物；绊脚石 bashfulness is a great stumbling block to some men Example sentencesExamples - It is also true; the road leading to return of pandits to Kashmir is now laden with a lot of stumbling blocks and obstacles.
- Despite the stumbling blocks, government sources on both sides believe genuine efforts have been made by all parties to secure a solution.
- In Scotland we need this sense of continuity to preserve a sense of our own identity in the face of all the stumbling blocks that have been put in our way over the last three centuries.
- One of the stumbling blocks is that the Indian government has not signed any international conventions dealing with children abducted by a parent.
- The principal stumbling blocks to implementation were engineering problems, he said.
- Cash constraints, stadium set-backs and league politics are among the most recent stumbling blocks.
- The next stumbling blocks are two major federal review processes which could take over a year to complete, but have yet to get formally underway.
- The chaotic transport conditions coupled with archaic port facilities are major stumbling blocks.
- One of the major findings was that the high cost of accommodation was proving significant stumbling blocks in the development of the tourism industry in Kerry.
- Be careful not to create any unnecessary stumbling blocks.
- In realising and recognising that these markers are not as enormous as we once believed, we turn them from stumbling blocks to stepping stones, on our way to the wider future.
- He knows there will be stumbling blocks, plenty of pitfalls awaiting.
- A major stumbling block for many investors is dealing with the investments heading south.
- He said most of the stumbling blocks facing development in Sligo are planning problems, not anti-development sentiment.
- Within a framework of spirituality, differences cease to be stumbling blocks and become a source of stimulation and enrichment.
- Unfortunately, one of the main stumbling blocks here is the humour, always a difficult element to shoehorn into music.
- There were real stumbling blocks before preventing talks and then hindering them when they were attempted.
- The solution therefore lies not in creating another religion based on hatred, but in removing the stumbling blocks to religious amity.
- Of course there are pains, pitfalls and stumbling blocks, but we have hope.
- But hotel consultant Stephen Hughes said, after some stumbling blocks, they have created a much better hotel than they imagined.
Synonyms obstacle, hurdle, barrier, bar, hindrance, impediment, handicap, disadvantage, restriction, limitation
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