albatross

1 Fame has become an albatross around her neck.

2 It is believed to have been inspired by the real-life sailor Simon Hatley, who had been lost at sea and, like Coleridge's mariner, shot down a black albatross from deck.

3 For many of us, the albatross we’ve carried for four years is gone.

4 When the mariner has shot the albatross, and the now-cursed ship has drifted into still waters, death claims the entire crew, save the mariner, who bleakly intones:

5 Though the thin mystery at the center becomes a narrative albatross, and Lillard and Gugino seem hamstrung by the schematic nature of their characters, Stewart's melancholic electricity manages to maintain its appeal.

6 While making it, Andrade reveals, the success of the first show hung "like an albatross around our necks" and initially they thought their follow-up was terrible.

7 His success in comedy became an albatross, he said.

8 What makes it most fascinating is that Coleridge's poem about a sailor's fate after shooting down an albatross is being played out by actor Fiona Shaw and dancer Daniel Hay-Gordon.

9 Then I thought of my friend the albatross, and I smiled for a moment.

10 An albatross, with its effortless flight, also seemed like a good idea, except a lack of water might impede her ability to take off and land.

11 This hire could be a feather in your cap or an albatross around your neck.

12 That institution has always been an albatross on their necks.

那个机构一直是他们的一项重大负担.

13 It is not a good film, but in the long run it is less of an albatross for Stallone than such films as Oscar, Rhinestone or Stop!

14 Birds like albatrosses eat the larger pieces which block their stomachs, while smaller pellets can cause fatal intestinal damage in fish.

15 But that black bird was not my albatross.

16 After his plane was downed over the Pacific, Zamperini and his fellow survivors sustained themselves by eating albatrosses.

17 The albatross can stay airborne at sea for days at a time.

信天翁在海上可以一连在空中待几天.

18 In these movies, jazz is a challenge and an albatross.

19 That last line became my pet albatross for a while; a friend joked that it would be etched on my tombstone.

20 About 110,000 albatross chicks and thousands of adults were washed away at Midway Atoll.

1 阻碍

obstructive interfering interruptive retardatory check barrier obstacle obstruction hitch roadblock crimp hindrance balk remora contretemps determent interfere bar impede obstruct encumber hogtie be in the way under feet put a spanner in the works put a crimp in in the road stumbling block under foot sticking point

2 一种软棉布

alba

3 障碍

bar block jump drag barrier rub obstacle hurdle drawback clog handicap bottleneck Thorn blockade roadblock kink embargo blinker countercheck check liability prevention hedge traverse obstruction hitch blockage impediment disincentive disability brake disadvantage impairment disturbance snag hang-up a ball and chain

4 信天翁科

mollymawk wandering albatross gooney bird

5 累赘

drag clog encumbrance deadweight excrescence cumber impedimenta fifth wheel ball and chain

6 苦恼

distressed ghastly despondent fretful narked pain trouble upset suffering woe anguish hang-up mind torture distress fret assail embitter

7 约束

bit deal tie commitment wrap bond brake cord constraint curb cramp constipation leash bridle stricture preengage book engage bind restrict inhibit tether constipate straitjacket keep in check bear in hand

8 负担

tax drain burden imposition encumbrance maintain lug weight load onus on bear saddle

9 惹麻烦的事

sod

10 信天翁

mollymawk quakerbird gooney bird

11 双鹰

double eagle

12 绊脚石

sticking point