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 barrier ['bæriә]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 障碍, 栅栏

[化] 势垒; 阻片; 阻挡层

[医] 障, 屏障, 障壁, 垒

[经] 关卡


  1. The horse took the barrier easily.
    那匹马轻松地越过了障碍。
  2. Heavy duties on imports and exports are a barrier to international trade.
    进出口的高关税是国际贸易的障碍。
  3. The Sahara Desert is a natural barrier between north and central Africa.
    撒哈拉沙漠是北非与中非之间的天然屏障。


barrier
[ noun ]
  1. a structure or object that impedes free movement

  2. <noun.artifact>
  3. any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective

  4. <noun.cognition>
    intolerance is a barrier to understanding
  5. anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access

  6. <noun.object>


Barrier \Bar"ri*er\, n. [OE. barrere, barere, F. barri[`e]re,
fr. barre bar. See {Bar}, n.]
1. (Fort.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other
obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.

2. A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a
country, commanding an avenue of approach.

3. pl. A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or
to keep back a crowd.

No sooner were the barriers opened, than he paced
into the lists. --Sir W.
Scott.

4. Any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or
attack. ``Constitutional barriers.'' --Hopkinson.

5. Any limit or boundary; a line of separation.

'Twixt that [instinct] and reason, what a nice
barrier! --Pope.

{Barrier gate}, a heavy gate to close the opening through a
barrier.

{Barrier reef}, a form of coral reef which runs in the
general direction of the shore, and incloses a lagoon
channel more or less extensive.

{To fight at barriers}, to fight with a barrier between, as a
martial exercise. [Obs.]
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  1. But Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier, has worked for the past six years as a consultant to Northrop Corp. of California, a competitor of General Dynamics Corp.
  2. Once the August crude contract pushed above the $17.30-a-barrel barrier, the market "just jerked" higher, said analyst James Steel at Refco Inc.
  3. DeLisle, 30, and his wife maintain the car plunge was an accident, caused when a leg cramp forced DeLisle to jam his foot against the gas pedal and sent the car through a barrier rail and into the river.
  4. "Differences in ideology and system between the two parts of Korea must no longer form a barrier dividing the people," Kang said at a welcoming ceremony at the government guest house, where the delegation will stay.
  5. With the economic news from France worsening by the day, the CAC-40 index last week surged through the 2,000 barrier, adding the gloss to an 8 per cent rise since the start of the year.
  6. Daniel J. Travanti, no longer the tight-lipped Furillo of "Hill Street Blues," is entering a new phase in his campaign to breach "that mythical, mystical, invisible barrier" that separates television from movie actors.
  7. Pork producers and meatpackers deny any health problems exist. They say two-thirds of the meat consumed in the EC does not meet such standards and call the EC action a blatant artificial trade barrier.
  8. The station formed a 150-yard barrier between them.
  9. Last week, they had stormed a police barrier.
  10. It was this kind of market-entry barrier, along with state restrictions on group liability programs, that prompted Congress to amend the Risk Retention Act in 1986.
  11. A more important barrier, some argue, is the high rates of return which companies demand of their investment projects.
  12. Mr. Dannen even makes a persuasive case that Mr. Yetnikoff liked the independent-promotion system, slimy though it was, because it provided a prohibitively expensive barrier to small record companies.
  13. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index dived through the 700-point barrier in early trading and closed at 688.66, down 31.71, or 4.4%, from Saturday.
  14. Different auditing and accounting standards will be an unacceptable barrier. The UK profession has a long tradition of providing advice, which naturally flows from the audit, and has set a lead to much of the world.
  15. Ideally, it suggests, it would like them to buy or lease trains, but it recognises that such an obligation could be a barrier to entry.
  16. Horn Island, a wilderness barrier island in the Mississippi portion of the preserve, has been the release site for 19 young eagles since 1985.
  17. Jeans, 13, said he had a good reason for trying to break the gender barrier.
  18. Bush said China's record of human rights abuses are not a barrier to better relations with the United States.
  19. Republican vice presidential candidate Dan Quayle said today his experience in Congress and understand of national security issues qualify him for high office, and that his youth should not be any barrier.
  20. Many of the big cable operators have carried out their own consumer research just to make sure that there is not an invisible, insuperable barrier.
  21. The psychological barrier against buying a 'Japanese' car is the only thing likely to prevent them from making a substantial impact in the fleet market. In the executive sector, the Mercedes 190 is still widely regarded as the benchmark car.
  22. The impact was first felt in the bond market, where yields on some 30-year issues surpassed the 9 percent barrier, the highest levels in three months.
  23. Sept. 20 _ Mernick backs out of deal to buy Heritage USA because conflicting claims to the land from an Indian tribe have prevented him from obtaining title insurance, presenting an insurmountable barrier to closing deal by Sept. 30 deadline.
  24. Wallbangers have been most active where the barrier takes a big turn to the east.
  25. Britain's poor infrastructure is another barrier to investment and growth as are the weaknesses of its education and training systems. These are points that need to be hammered home constantly to both industry and government.
  26. A tough barrier, according to Johns Hopkins' Mr. Boland, is that even with honest prices, people living through a drought may change habits slowly.
  27. American semiconductor makers are selling more in Japan, but still face a "psychological barrier" in efforts to expand their market share, a representative of the U.S.-based Semiconductor Industry Association said Wednesday.
  28. This reciprocity clause could raise alarms in the U.S., where such provisions are considered discriminatory and a barrier to free trade.
  29. In the words of Mr. Robinson, it helped Amex "break mach 1," meaning the $1 billion earnings barrier.
  30. Analysts noted the Dow average had flirted with the psychological barrier on several recent occasions, but investors shed their inhibitions when the key market barometer held above that level in mid-afternoon.
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