名詞 hurdle:

1. a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
2. an obstacle that you are expected to overcome
3. the act of jumping over an obstacle
   同義詞：vault

動詞 hurdle:

1. jump a hurdle

1. Campaign finance reform is also the first hurdle for any health-care legislation. Lyndon Johnson was the only President with the political strength and savvy to drive major health reform through Congress. But he had to pay the private pipers to enact it.
   競選財務改革也是醫(yī)療立法第一個需要克服的困難。約輸遜是唯一有政治實力并且知道如何運用它以便獲得國會通過重要的醫(yī)療改革的總統(tǒng)?？墒菫榱艘瓿蛇@項立法，他必須付出代價。
2. I've passed the written test; the interview is the next hurdle.
   我書面考試已經(jīng)及格了，下一個難關(guān)是面試。
3. He won the 400 metres hurdles.
   他在400米跨欄賽中獲勝。

hur.dle

n.（名詞）
Sports
【體育運動】
A light, portable barrier over which competitors must leap in certain races.
跨欄用欄：在某些賽跑中參賽者必須越過的一種輕便、可移動的障礙
hurdles A race in which a series of such barriers must be jumped without the competitors` breaking their stride.
hurdles 跨欄跑：一種賽跑，參賽者必須動作連貫地跨過一系列這種障礙
An obstacle or difficulty to be overcome:
障礙，困難：要戰(zhàn)勝的障礙或困難：
例句：
the last hurdle before graduation.
畢業(yè)前的最后一關(guān)

Chiefly British A portable framework made of intertwined branches or wattle and used for temporary fencing.
【多用于英國】 疏籬：樹枝或柳條編成的可移動的紡織物，可以暫時作籬笆使用
Chiefly British A frame or sledge on which condemned persons were dragged to execution.
【多用于英國】 囚籠，囚車：一種架子或雪橇，遭指控者被拖到其上施刑
v.（動詞）
hur.dled,hur.dling,hur.dles
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To leap over (a barrier) in or as if in a race.
跳過障礙：在賽跑時或象在賽跑時一樣越過（障礙）
To overcome or deal with successfully; surmount:
克服，戰(zhàn)勝：戰(zhàn)勝或成功地處理；克服：
例句：
hurdle a problem.
解決一個問題

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To leap over a barrier or other obstacle.
越過障礙：越過一個欄桿或其它障礙

來源：
Middle English hurdel [portable panel for temporary fences]
中古英語 hurdel [暫時用作籬笆的可移動的架子]
from Old English hyrdel
源自 古英語 hyrdel

【引伸】
hur.dler
n.（名詞）