单词	handicap
释义	handicap1 nounhandicap2 verb handicaphand‧i‧cap1 /ˈhændikæp/ ●○○ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINhandicap1 Origin: 1700-1800 handicap ‘game in which people put their hand, holding money for a bet, into a hat’ (1600-1700), from hand in cap Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Babies of alcoholic mothers can be born with a severe degree of handicap. Dick is trying to get his handicap down to a 12. His lack of experience on Wall Street may prove to be a handicap. His lack of height has not been a handicap to him. He is as good an athlete as anyone else in the school. Miss Geller's handicap is barely noticeable after three years of physical therapy. Not being able to drive is a real handicap if you live in the country. the California Jockey Club Handicap The team had a good season despite the handicap of having 5 new players. We help people with mental or physical handicaps to find work. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But there are still many types of handicap - such as autism - about which little is known. Fears that radiotherapy would cause genetic mutations leading to handicaps in offspring appear to be groundless, according to studies among 3,000 survivors. He was a scrawny, chicken-necked sack of bones, but in spite of his handicap he moved faster than the others. How can a system of females choosing males that are good at surviving encumber those males with handicaps to survival? More than eight peo-ple, and decisions got slow and squirrely; less than eight, accidents and ignorance became serious handicaps. There may be physical and other handicaps such as impaired sight or poor memory. Virginity at her age was a positive handicap, he had insisted. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatora physical or mental problem that makes someone disabled► disability a problem with part of your body which makes it difficult for you to walk, talk, see etc: · There are special courses for people with disabilities.· Because of his disability, he depended on his wife to dress him, feed him and bathe him.learning disability: · Studies say exposure to loud continuous noise can cause learning disabilities and behavioral problems in children. ► handicap a mental or physical problem that makes someone disabled: · We help people with mental or physical handicaps to find work.· Babies of alcoholic mothers can be born with a severe degree of handicap. something that makes it more difficult for someone to succeed► disadvantage something that makes it more difficult for you to succeed or to do what you want, especially compared to other people: · Like many other black families, his family had to struggle to overcome social and economic disadvantage.· Our goal is to try to provide financial help people in our community with a lot of disadvantages. ► handicap something that prevents you from doing something as well as you could: · Not being able to drive is a real handicap if you live in the country.handicap of: · The team had a good season despite the handicap of having 5 new players.be a handicap to somebody: · His lack of height has not been a handicap to him. He is as good an athlete as anyone else in the school. WORD SETS► Illness & Disability abscess, nounache, verbache, nounacne, nounagoraphobia, nounagoraphobic, nounague, noun-aholic, suffixAIDS, nounailment, nounairsick, adjectivealbino, nounalcoholic, nounalcoholism, nounallergic, adjectiveallergy, nounamnesia, nounamputee, nounanaemia, nounanaemic, adjectiveangina, nounanorexia, nounanorexic, adjectiveantacid, nounanthrax, nounantibody, nounantidepressant, nounantidote, nounantigen, nounantihistamine, nounanti-inflammatory, adjectiveantitoxin, nounapoplectic, adjectiveapoplexy, nounappendicitis, nounarteriosclerosis, nounarthritis, nounaseptic, adjectiveaspirin, nounasthma, nounastigmatism, nounasymptomatic, adjectiveathlete's foot, nounatrophy, verbauto-immune disease, nounAyurvedic medicine, nounbaby blues, nounbacillus, nounbackache, nounbark, verbbattle fatigue, nounBCG, nounbedridden, adjectivebedsore, nounbed-wetting, nounbellyache, nounbenign, adjectiveberiberi, nounbespectacled, adjectivebetter, adjectivebilious, adjectivebinge, verbbiopsy, nounbirthmark, nounbite, verbbite, nounblack and blue, adjectiveBlack Death, the, black eye, nounblackout, nounbleed, verbbleeding, nounblind, verbblister, nounblister, verbblood bank, nounblood donor, nounblood poisoning, nounbloodshot, adjectiveblood transfusion, nounbloody, adjectivebloody, verbblue baby, nounboil, nounbotulism, nounbrain damage, nounbreakdown, nounbronchitis, nounbruise, nounbruise, verbBSE, nounbubonic plague, nounbug, nounbulimia, nounbump, nounbunion, nounbuzz, verbcalloused, adjectivecallus, nouncancer, nouncandida, nouncanker, nouncarbuncle, nouncarcinogen, nouncarcinogenic, adjectivecarcinoma, nouncardiac, adjectivecardiovascular, adjectivecaries, nouncarpal tunnel syndrome, nouncarrier, nouncarry, verbcarsick, adjectivecast, nouncasualty, nouncataract, nouncatarrh, nouncatatonic, adjectivecatching, adjectivecauliflower ear, nouncerebral palsy, nouncertify, verbcervical smear, nounchapped, adjectivecharley horse, nounchemotherapy, nounchesty, adjectivechicken pox, nounchilblains, nounChinese medicine, nouncholera, nounchronic, adjectivecirrhosis, nounCJD, nouncleanse, verbcleft palate, nounclinic, nounclinical, adjectiveclub foot, nouncold, nouncold sore, nouncolic, nouncolitis, nouncollapse, verbcolour-blind, adjectivecoma, nouncommon cold, nouncommon denominator, nouncommunicate, verbcomplaint, nouncomplicate, verbcomplication, nouncompound fracture, nounconcuss, verbconcussion, nouncondition, nouncongenital, adjectivecongested, adjectiveconjunctivitis, nounconstipation, nounconsumption, nounconsumptive, nouncontagion, nouncontagious, adjectivecontinent, adjectivecontract, verbcontusion, nounconvalesce, verbconvulsion, nouncorn, nouncortisone, nouncot death, nouncough, nounCPR, nouncrack-up, nouncramp, nounCreutzfeldt-Jakob disease, nouncrick, nouncrick, verbcripple, nouncripple, verbcross-eyed, adjectivecroup, nouncurable, adjectivecut, nouncyst, nouncystic fibrosis, nouncystitis, noundecompression sickness, noundeep vein thrombosis, noundeformity, noundegenerative, adjectivedehydrate, verbdelirious, adjectivedelirium, noundelusion, noundementia, noundengue fever, noundepression, noundermatitis, noundiabetes, noundiabetic, adjectivediabetic, noundiagnosis, noundialysis, noundiaper rash, noundiarrhoea, noundiphtheria, noundisability, noundisable, verbdisabled, adjectivedischarge, verbdisease, noundisgorge, verbdislocate, verbdisorder, noundissipated, adjectivedissipation, noundistemper, noundistend, verbdizzy, adjectivedoddering, adjectivedoddery, adjectivedonate, verbdonor, noundouble vision, noundoughy, adjectivedown, adverbDown's syndrome, noundrawn, adjectivedressing, noundrinker, noundrunk, adjectivedrunk, noundrunken, adjectivedull, adjectivedumb, adjectiveDVT, noundysentery, noundyslexia, noundyspepsia, noundyspeptic, adjectiveearache, nouneating disorder, nounEbola, nounectopic pregnancy, nouneczema, nounemaciated, adjectiveemasculate, verbembolism, nounemphysema, nounencephalitis, nounendoscope, nounenervate, verbenteritis, nounepidemic, nounepilepsy, nounepileptic, adjectiveepileptic, nounetiology, nounexcruciating, adjectiveexposure, nouneyeless, adjectiveeye strain, nounfail, verbfaint, nounfester, verbfever, nounfever blister, nounfevered, adjectivefeverish, adjectivefirst aid, nounfit, nounflat feet, nounflat-footed, adjectiveflu, nounfood poisoning, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounfracture, verbfracture, nounfrostbite, noungall, noungammy, adjectiveganglion, noungangrene, noungas, noungash, noungastric, adjectivegastritis, noungastroenteritis, nounGerman measles, nounget, verbgingivitis, nounglandular fever, nounglaucoma, noungnarled, adjectivegonorrhea, noungout, noungrand mal, noungraze, verbgraze, noungriping, adjectivegroggy, adjectivegrowing pains, noungrowth, noungush, verbgynaecology, nounhacking cough, nounhaemophilia, nounhaemophiliac, nounhaemorrhage, nounhaemorrhage, verbhaemorrhoids, nounhalitosis, nounhandicap, nounhandicapped, adjectivehangover, nounhard of hearing, adjectiveharelip, nounhay fever, nounheadache, nounhealth, nounheart attack, nounheartburn, nounheart disease, nounheart failure, nounheat exhaustion, nounheat rash, nounheatstroke, nounheave, verbhepatitis, nounhernia, nounherpes, nounHIV, nounhormone replacement therapy, nounhospital, nounhospitalize, verbhot flush, nounhousebound, adjectiveHRT, nounhump, nounhumpback, nounhunchback, nounhungover, adjectivehydrophobia, nounhypertension, nounhypothermia, nounhysterectomy, nounhysteria, nounhysterical, adjectiveillness, nounimmune, adjectiveimmune system, nounimmunity, nounimmunize, verbimmunology, nounimpacted, adjectiveimpediment, nounimpetigo, nounimpotent, adjectiveincision, nounincontinent, adjectiveincubate, verbincurable, adjectiveindigestion, nounindisposed, adjectiveindisposition, nouninfantile, adjectiveinfantile paralysis, nouninfect, verbinfected, adjectiveinfection, nouninfectious, adjectiveinfirmity, nouninflammation, nouninflammatory, adjectiveinfluenza, nouninfusion, nouningrowing, adjectiveinoculate, verbinoperable, adjectiveinsane, adjectiveinsanity, nouninsomnia, nouninsomniac, nouninstability, nounintensive care, nounintravenous, adjectiveinvalid, nouninvalidity, nouninvasive, adjectiveirregular, adjectiveirritable bowel syndrome, nounirritant, nounirritate, verbirritated, adjectiveirritation, noun-ism, suffixisolation, nounjaundice, nounjaundiced, adjectivejet lag, nounknock-kneed, adjectiveknotted, adjectivelaceration, nounlaryngitis, nounlegionnaire's disease, nounleper, nounleprosy, nounlesion, nounleukemia, nounlisp, nounlisteria, nounliverish, adjectivelockjaw, nounlong-sighted, adjectiveloose, adjectivelozenge, nounlumbago, nounlunacy, nounLyme disease, nounmad cow disease, nounmalady, nounmalaise, nounmalaria, nounmalformation, nounmalignancy, nounmalignant, adjectivemalnourished, adjectivemalnutrition, nounmange, nounmangy, adjectivemania, nounmanic, adjectivemanic depression, nounmastitis, nounME, nounmeasles, nounmedicinal, adjectivemegalomania, nounmegalomaniac, nounmelancholia, nounmelancholic, adjectivemelanoma, nounmend, verbmeningitis, nounmentally handicapped, adjectivemigraine, nounmild, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmole, nounmongol, nounmono, nounmononucleosis, nounmorbid, adjectivemorning sickness, nounmoron, nounmotion sickness, nounmotor neurone disease, nounMRI, nounMRSA, nounMS, nounmultiple sclerosis, nounmumps, nounmurmur, nounmusclebound, adjectivemuscular dystrophy, nounmute, adjectivemute, nounmyopia, nounmyopic, adjectivemyxomatosis, nounnarcolepsy, nounnausea, nounnauseate, verbnauseous, adjectivenearsighted, adjectivenervous breakdown, nounnettle rash, nounneuralgia, nounneurosis, nounneurotic, adjectivenosebleed, nounnotifiable, adjectiveNSU, nounobesity, nounoff-colour, adjectiveoperate, verboperation, nounophthalmic, adjectiveophthalmology, noun-osis, suffixosteoarthritis, nounosteopathy, nounosteoporosis, nounoutpatient, nounoverbite, nounpacemaker, nounpaediatrics, nounpale, adjectivepallid, adjectivepallor, nounpalpitate, verbpalpitations, nounpalsy, nounpandemic, nounparalyse, verbparalysed, adjectiveparalysis, nounparalytic, adjectiveparalytic, nounparanoia, nounparaplegia, nounparaplegic, nounparasitic, adjectiveParkinson's disease, nounparoxysm, nounpasty, adjectivepasty-faced, adjectivepathogen, nounpathological, adjectivepathology, nounpeaked, adjectivepeaky, adjectivepellagra, nounpeptic ulcer, nounperforated, adjectiveperiod pain, nounperitonitis, nounpernicious anaemia, nounpersecution complex, nounpestilence, nounpestilential, adjectivepetit mal, nounpharyngitis, nounphlebitis, nounphlegm, noun-phobic, suffixphysiotherapy, nounpigeon-toed, adjectivepins and needles, nounplacebo, nounplague, nounplaque, nounplaster cast, nounpleurisy, nounPMS, nounPMT, nounpneumonia, nounpockmark, nounpockmarked, adjectivepoisoning, nounpolio, nounpolyp, nounpoor, adjectivepost-traumatic stress disorder, nounpremenstrual tension, nounprescribe, verbprescription, nounpreventive medicine, nounprickle, verbprickly heat, nounprognosis, nounprolapse, nounprophylactic, adjectiveprophylactic, nounprophylaxis, nounpsoriasis, nounpsychopath, nounpsychosis, nounpsychosomatic, adjectivepsychotic, adjectivepuffy, adjectivepull, verbpurulent, adjectivepus, nounpustule, nounqueasy, adjectiverabid, adjectiverabies, nounradiation sickness, nounradiography, nounrash, nounraw, adjectivereact, verbreaction, nounreceive, verbrecuperate, verbrecuperative, adjectiveregurgitate, verbrelapse, verbremission, nounrepetitive strain injury, nounresistance, nounrespond, verbretch, verbRhesus factor, nounrheumatic, adjectiverheumatic fever, nounrheumatism, nounrheumatoid arthritis, nounrickets, nounringworm, nounRSI, nounrubella, nounrun-down, adjectiverunny, adjectiverupture, nounsaddle-sore, adjectivesalmonella, nounscab, nounscabby, adjectivescabies, nounscald, verbscald, nounscaly, adjectivescar, nounscar, verbscarlet fever, nounschizophrenia, nounsciatica, nounsclerosis, nounscrape, verbscrape, nounscratch, nounscurvy, nounseasick, adjectiveseizure, nounself-examination, nounsenile, adjectivesenile dementia, nounsenseless, adjectivesepsis, nounseptic, adjectivesepticaemia, nounserum, nounset, verbsexually transmitted disease, nounshell shock, nounshell-shocked, adjectiveshingles, nounshock, nounshort-sighted, adjectivesickle-cell anaemia, nounsickly, adjectivesickness, nounside effect, nounsightless, adjectivesimple fracture, nounsleeping sickness, nounslipped disc, nounsmallpox, nounsnakebite, nounsnow blindness, nounsore, adjectivesore, nounspastic, adjectivespecial needs, nounspecimen, nounspina bifida, nounsprain, verbsputum, nounsquint, verbsquint, nounstammer, nounstarvation, nounstarve, verbSTD, nounstomachache, nounstone, nounstrain, nounstrain, verbstrangulated, adjectivestrep throat, nounstroke, nounsty, nounsuccumb, verbsufferer, nounsunstroke, nounsuperbug, nounsurgical, adjectiveswelling, nounswollen, adjectivesymptom, nounsymptomatic, adjectivesyndrome, nounsyphilis, nounTB, nountear, verbtetanus, nountherapeutic, adjectivetherapy, nounthrombosis, nounthrush, nountic, nountight, adjectivetingle, verbtinnitus, nountipsy, adjectivetonsillitis, nountoothache, nountorment, nountourniquet, nountoxaemia, nountoxic shock syndrome, nountraction, nountransfusion, nountrauma, nountravel sickness, nountreatment, nountremor, nountuberculosis, nountumour, nountunnel vision, nountwinge, nountwitch, nountyphoid, nountyphus, nounulcer, nounulcerate, verbultrasound, noununderweight, adjectiveundressed, adjectiveunhealthy, adjectiveuntreated, adjectivevaccinate, verbvaccine, nounvaricose veins, nounVD, nounvenereal disease, nounverruca, nounvertigo, nounviral, adjectivevirology, nounvirulent, adjectivevomit, verbvomit, nounwart, nounweak, adjectiveweal, nounweep, verbwheeze, verbwheeze, nounwheezy, adjectivewhiplash, nounwhooping cough, nounwind, nounwithered, adjectivewound, nounwrench, verbwriter's cramp, nounyaws, nounyeast infection, nounyellow fever, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► big · Petite Rosanna lost a shoe when fancied for a big handicap at Newbury last time.· Indeed it could be your biggest handicap.· The young golfer with the biggest handicap of all. ► major · At the Link Centre a four-day residential study was arranged for deafened people who were finding tinnitus a major handicap.· I thought that was another major handicap.· Accordingly, perception of a gap between social and private returns was not a major handicap to investment.· Blindness is also a major handicap to the recognition of a potential mate, as is deviant colouration. ► mental · This process of educational integration should be sought for all Down's children save those with severe mental handicap.· Where a severe mental or other handicap is involved, much extra planning and caution is needed, several lawyers said.· It is on this basis that efforts to remove people from mental handicap hospitals should and will continue.· The media could also do much more to help people to understand about mental handicap.· The controversies surrounding severe mental handicap which began in the early 1980s sparked off a national debate which continues today.· Welfare and social services Recent research has demonstrated that people with severe mental handicaps can undertake productive work, with adequate support.· Every county has had to seek additional funding to support placement costs for children who do not have a mental handicap.· In some cases of mental handicap there are recognizable clinical abnormalities as well as low intelligence. ► natural · It concluded that the support given varied inversely with the degree of natural handicap!· The draft Regulation re-emphasises that Member States fix their HLCAs on bands according to the severity of permanent natural handicaps on agriculture. ► physical · However, the presence of the physical handicap will make it more difficult for the person to eventually lead an independent life.· There may be physical and other handicaps such as impaired sight or poor memory.· Such groups include the elderly as well as those with mental illness or physical and/or mental handicaps.· Others may be associated, as we have seen, with mental or physical handicap.· And like any type of physical handicap, it is incurable.· Domiciliary services can help the handicapped and their families, especially when the mental disability is accompanied by physical handicap.· For instance, the child may have been stigmatised by a physical handicap and rejected by peers for a number of years.· Most Down's people have related physical handicaps in addition to their mental disability. ► serious · But the North's recent comb-out of traditional industries leaves it with an imbalanced legacy and serious economic handicap.· A child may, for instance, be born with serious handicaps or developmental problems requiring extended periods of care.· Living outside of Oxford would also be a serious handicap.· More than eight peo-ple, and decisions got slow and squirrely; less than eight, accidents and ignorance became serious handicaps.· He was able to play down his Vichy activities, and his questionable wartime record never proved a serious handicap in politics. ► severe · This process of educational integration should be sought for all Down's children save those with severe mental handicap.· Like Truman two decades earlier, Humphrey did his best to overcome the severe handicap of a badly split party.· Of these, around 3,000, or 0.5% are born with some form of severe mental handicap.· His deafness was a severe handicap in an assembly where quickness of hearing and readiness of speech were essential.· The controversies surrounding severe mental handicap which began in the early 1980s sparked off a national debate which continues today.· Even those few with more severe visual handicaps will operate as sighted people.· Welfare and social services Recent research has demonstrated that people with severe mental handicaps can undertake productive work, with adequate support. ► visual · Hemianopia Damage to one side of the brain can cause visual handicap.· Taped sources can be effective, especially for pupils with reading difficulties or visual handicap.· For example, teachers may pose the following questions: Why don't all children with visual handicap wear glasses?· Even those few with more severe visual handicaps will operate as sighted people.· These different conditions can arise from over-protection or lack of understanding of visual handicap. VERB► cause · Hemianopia Damage to one side of the brain can cause visual handicap.· The other main chromosomal abnormalities are: Cat-cry Syndrome, which causes severe mental handicap, but is comparatively rare.· Accidents, either at birth or at any later stage in life, can cause mental handicap. ► overcome · Private firms must be formidably efficient to overcome these handicaps and offer facilities at the same or lower prices.· Read in studio Children with Cerebral Palsy could soon lose the training centre that helps them to overcome their handicap.· Whether the teams could overcome this handicap while also exerting influence at higher levels seemed highly doubtful.· The Duchess is patron of the charity dedicated to helping children and adults with mental disabilities to overcome their handicaps.· He settled in London and astounded the country by the extent to which he was able to overcome his disastrous physical handicaps.· But his results in the past two years suggest he has at least partly overcome that psychological handicap. ► play · Today he plays off a nine handicap, a great help when he is carrying the bag.· Mrs Harris, who plays off a handicap of 12, joined the club in 1964 and plays for the club team. ► suffer · We suffer a great handicap in dealing with a Government who are obsessed with secrecy.· Worse still, one third of premature babies due or suffer some form of handicap throughout life.· Non-Hindus have suffered handicaps, but the state has tried actively to remedy this. 1 old-fashioned if someone has a handicap, a part of their body or their mind has been permanently injured or damaged. Many people think that this word is offensive.2a situation that makes it difficult for someone to do what they want:  Not speaking the language is a real handicap.3an advantage that is given to a weaker player in a game of golf:  He’s improved a lot, and his handicap has come down from 18 to 12.4a race for horses in which the best horses carry extra weight so that all the horses have an equal chance of winning handicap1 nounhandicap2 verb handicaphandicap2 verb (past tense and past participle handicapped, present participle handicapping) [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE handicap Simple Form Present I, you, we, they handicap he, she, it handicaps Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they handicapped Present perfect I, you, we, they have handicapped he, she, it has handicapped Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had handicapped Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will handicap Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have handicapped Continuous Form Present I am handicapping he, she, it is handicapping you, we, they are handicapping Past I, he, she, it was handicapping you, we, they were handicapping Present perfect I, you, we, they have been handicapping he, she, it has been handicapping Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been handicapping Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be handicapping Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been handicapping Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES He used a computer to handicap horse races. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS They went through the story again, handicapped by not having it in front of them. Women were also handicapped by the constant cycle of pregnancy and childbirth to which they had to resign themselves. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► mentally · It happened during a performance by a newly setup amateur dramatic group, all of whose members were mentally handicapped.· Ashington police bought a new rod and reel for Mr Gibson, who is mentally handicapped.· Days later tests revealed Alex was severely mentally handicapped. ► physically · This is despite Wesley being severely physically handicapped, suspected of some deafness and suffering from dyslexia.· During one such period Carol had worked at a center for retraining physically handicapped adults.· Mentally and physically handicapped do light work according to their capability, but get the same wages as everybody else.· It is even possible for them to find out about recreational equipment for physically handicapped learners, for example. ► severely · Many people are searching for faith again, but they are severely handicapped.· Finally some friends of theirs who had a severely handicapped child told Mike this was illegal: that they had some rights.· Economic development since independence was severely handicapped by sabotage and political strife.· A second level of priority was assigned to provisions for those severely handicapped children whose educations were judged to be inadequate.· At issue is his controversial view that parents have the right to euthanize severely handicapped new-born children.· About 40 of the most severely handicapped learn basic social skills.· Of these 7. 5 million youngsters, nearly half are presumed to be severely handicapped by their mental disorder. NOUN► child · At issue is his controversial view that parents have the right to euthanize severely handicapped new-born children.· But he found time as well to hustle on behalf of handicapped children.· Failure may motivate the bright and able child yet discourage and handicap the child who is already doing poorly.· Finally some friends of theirs who had a severely handicapped child told Mike this was illegal: that they had some rights.· An analysis of the anguished reactions of parents assuming new roles of parenting a handicapped child illustrates some typical responses.· A second level of priority was assigned to provisions for those severely handicapped children whose educations were judged to be inadequate.· In this unique family, with an army of handicapped children, it mattered very little.· For six years, Lowman worked with the Los Angeles school board to get more teaching programs and transportation for handicapped children. to make it difficult for someone to do something that they want or need to do:  The charity is handicapped by lack of funds.
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