each of a series of vertical frames that a person or horse jumps over in a race （供人或馬在賽跑中跨越的）欄架，跨欄 
His horse fell at the final hurdle. 他騎的馬在最後一個欄架倒下了。 to clear a hurdle (= jump over it successfully) 跨過欄架
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: other sportsc2She cleared the first few hurdles easily. 她輕鬆地躍過了頭幾個欄架。 She cleared the first hurdle in the lead. 她率先跨過第一個欄架。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + hurdle- clear
- jump
- jump over
- …
- hurdles[plural]
a race in which runners or horses have to jump over hurdles 跨欄賽 the 300 m hurdles 300 米跨欄賽
a problem or difficulty that must be solved or dealt with before you can achieve something 難關；障礙 The next hurdle will be getting her parents' agreement. 下一個難關是征得她父母的同意。 Well we’ve cleared the first hurdle; let’s see what happens next. 好啦，我們已清除了第一個障礙，看看接下來會發生什麽。 We worked hard for three months on the deal only to see it fall at the final hurdle. 我們爲這筆交易努力了三個月，結果卻發現交易已經到了最後一關。
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failurec1We'll cross that hurdle when we come to it. 我們會跨過這道坎的。 You have already overcome the first major hurdle by passing the entrance exam. 通過入學考試你就已經越過了第一大難關。 We'll jump each hurdle as we come to it. 我們會跨越我們遇到的每一道難關。 This is perhaps the most difficult hurdle that we face. 這也許是我們遇到的最棘手的難題。 The plan fell at the first hurdle. 這項計劃在第一關就失敗了。 The first big hurdle in putting your car on the road is getting insurance. 讓車子上路的第一大難關就是購買保險。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- difficult
- high
- …
- face
- clear
- jump
- …
Word OriginOld English hyrdel ‘temporary fence’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch horde and German Hürde.