stumbling stone 绊脚石
分类: 英语学习方法
每个人都会在人生之路上遇到几块“绊脚石”,想要继续前进,必须搬掉这些碍事的“石头”。
“绊脚石”,是一个中文俗语,字面意思是“a stumbling stone”,比喻制造麻烦或阻碍前进的事物(something that causes problems and prevents you from achieving your aim),可翻译为“stumbling block,obstacle”。常用表达如“成功路上的绊脚石(a stumbling block on the path to success)”。
例句:
也许实现统一最大的绊脚石是驻扎在那个国家的军队。
Perhaps the major stumbling block to reunification is the military presence in that country.
它已成为人类文化发展的绊脚石。
It has become a stumbling block to the progress of human civilization.