handicap

dezavantaj, engel

Başarmayı veya bir işi yapmayı zorlaştıran şey.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Something that makes it harder for you to succeed or do something.

• Lack of money was a handicap.
• His limited experience proved a serious handicap.
• Can better training overcome this handicap?

Nasıl kullanılır: a handicap to someone/something (Poor transport is a handicap to local businesses.)

Eş anlamlılar: disadvantage, obstacle, hindrance

Zıt anlamlılar: advantage

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: serious handicap, major handicap, handicap to someone

handikap

Daha zayıf yarışmacılara daha adil bir şans veren yarışma veya yarışmadaki düzenleme.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A competition, or an adjustment in it, that gives weaker competitors a fairer chance.

• This race is a handicap.
• Her golf handicap fell to twelve.
• The faster horse carried extra weight in the handicap.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: handicap race, golf handicap, low handicap

engel, sakatlık

Bazı günlük işleri yapmayı zorlaştıran bedensel veya zihinsel durum.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A physical or mental condition that makes some everyday activities difficult.

• The old report described her hearing loss as a handicap.
• He was born with a physical handicap.
• The form asked about any mental or physical handicap.

Eş anlamlılar: disability, impairment

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: physical handicap, mental handicap, severe handicap

engellemek, dezavantajlı duruma düşürmek

Birinin başarmasını veya bir işi yapmasını zorlaştırmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To make it harder for someone to succeed or do something.

• Poor roads handicap local businesses.
• An injury handicapped her chances of winning.
• We were handicapped by a lack of reliable information.

Nasıl kullanılır: be handicapped by something (The team was handicapped by a shortage of players.)

Eş anlamlılar: hinder, hamper, disadvantage

Zıt anlamlılar: help

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: handicap someone, handicap a team, handicap progress

kazanma şansını değerlendirmek

Yarışmacıları inceleyip kimin kazanma ihtimalinin en yüksek olduğunu değerlendirmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To study competitors and decide who is most likely to win.

• He knows how to handicap a race.
• Analysts handicapped the election using recent polls.
• She spends hours handicapping the horses before each meeting.

Eş anlamlılar: assess, evaluate

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: handicap a race, handicap the field, handicap an election

bahis oranlarını hesaplamak

Bir yarış veya müsabakanın olası sonuçlarını inceleyerek bahis oranlarını hesaplamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To work out betting chances by studying the likely results of a race or competition.

• She learned to handicap horse races.
• He handicapped the race before placing a bet.
• They use past results to handicap the horses.

Eş anlamlılar: calculate odds

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: handicap a race, handicap horse races, handicap the horses