英语口语 | “绊脚石”英语怎么说?

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)”。

  • 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.