hurdles
A hurdle is a problem, difficulty, or part of a process that may prevent you from achieving something.
Two-thirds of candidates fail at this first hurdle and are sent home.
三分之二的候选人未能通过这第一关,被打发回家了。
Hurdles is a race in which people have to jump over a number of obstacles that are also called hurdles. You can use hurdles to refer to one or more races.
Davis won the 400-metre hurdles in a new Olympic time of 49.3 sec.
戴维斯以49.3秒这一新的奥运会记录在400米跨栏赛跑中夺冠。
hurdles , hurdling , hurdled
If you hurdle, you jump over something while you are running.
He crossed the lawn and hurdled the short fence.
他穿过草坪,越过低矮的栅栏。