绊脚石是什么意思_绊脚石的通俗解释

“绊脚石”，是一个中文俗语，字面意思是“a stumbling stone”，比喻制造麻烦或阻碍前进的事物（something that causes problems and prevents you from achieving your aim），可翻译为“stumbling block，obstacle”。常用表达如“成功路上的绊脚石（a stumbling block on the path to success）”。

也许实现统一最大的绊脚石是驻扎在那个国家的军队。 Perhaps the major stumbling block to reunification is the military presence in that country.

它已成为人类文化发展的绊脚石。 It has become a stumbling block to the progress of human civilization.