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单词 stumbling block
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stumbling block
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstʌm.bəl.ɪŋ ˌblɒk/us
/ˈstʌm.bəl.ɪŋ ˌblɑːk/
something thatpreventsactionoragreement:
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Lack ofwillingnesstocompromiseon bothsidesis themain/majorstumblingblocktoreachingasettlement.双方都不愿妥协是问题无法解决的主要症结。
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(Definition ofstumbling blockfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

stumbling block| American Dictionary

stumbling block
noun[C]
us
/ˈstʌm·blɪŋ ˌblɑk/
adifficultythatpreventsprogress,understanding, oragreement:
Severalmajorstumbling blocks must beresolved.
(Definition ofstumbling blockfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstumbling block

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With the retreat of religious controversy from the public sphere, the crucialstumblingblockfor national\\state-wide educational provision was removed.
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Thestumblingblockfor many of our commentators was the lack of a "mechanism" in our theory.
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Theirstumblingblock, however, was the lack of a well-thought-out ideal of completeness in their contemporary theory of science.
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The absence of age determinations does however form astumblingblockfor further speculation on this point.
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This conclusion has proved astumblingblockfor some readers, leading them to dismiss the whole article as interesting but speculative and now thoroughly dated.
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One potentialstumblingblockcould be the difficulty of accessing the data.
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Anotherstumblingblockis the treatment of partial functions, which remains a delicate issue in type theory.
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A greatstumblingblockto the alliance was that the pragmatists believed in the continuity between facts and values, science and ethics.
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Thestumblingblockcame in identifying where a homologue of the medial pronucleus derivatives, including the olfactory-recipient mediodorsal nucleus, was located in amphibians.
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A particularstumblingblockto radiographers obtaining informed consent for treatment is the paucity of knowledge exhibited generally by them about long term radiation effects.
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The greateststumblingblockin the way of answering this question is the nature of late medieval medical writing.
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Science and allied philosophy can help us improve on common sense, but they can also become astumblingblockfor common sense.
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The phonological structure of sign is astumblingblockin their recognition of sign meaning.
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The homogeneity you postulated for the group or region has been the most importantstumblingblockfor other researchers to get to work with these concepts.
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She therefore makes a conscious effort in her everyday life to overcome what she sees as the greateststumblingblockin her path towards spiritual attainment-her egotism and self-centredness.
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