"intolerance is a barrier to understanding"
1.障碍；壁垒；阻碍
Abarrier is something such as a rule, law, or policy that makes it difficult or impossible for something to happen or be achieved.
e.g. Duties and taxes are the most obviousbarrier to free trade.
关税和税收是自由贸易的最大壁垒。
2.隔阂；阻碍
Abarrier is a problem that prevents two people or groups from agreeing, communicating, or working with each other.
barrier什么意思
e.g. There is no reason why love shouldn't cross the agebarrier...
爱没有理由不能跨越年龄的阻碍。
e.g. She had been waiting for Simon to break down thebarrier between them...
她一直在等待西蒙打破他们之间的隔阂。
3.关卡；栅栏
Abarrier is something such as a fence or wall that is put in place to prevent people from moving easily from one area to another.
e.g. The demonstrators broke through heavy police barriers...
示威者们冲破了警察的重重设防。
e.g. As each woman reached thebarrier one of the men glanced at her papers.
每一位女士来到关卡前，其中一个男士便会扫一眼她的证件。
4.障碍物；挡板；屏障
Abarrier is an object or layer that physically prevents something from moving from one place to another.
barrier
e.g. ...a severe storm, which destroyed a naturalbarrier between the house and the lake...
猛烈的暴风雨摧毁了房子和湖之间的一道天然屏障
e.g. The packaging must provide an effectivebarrier to prevent contamination of the product.
包装必须提供有效的保护，以免产品受污染。
5.大关；界限
You can refer to a particular number or amount as abarrier when you think it is significant, because it is difficult or unusual to go above it.
e.g. They are fearful that unemployment will soon break thebarrier of three million...
他们担心失业人数很快将突破300万大关。
e.g. The Popular Front failed, as expected, to pass the 5 per centbarrier.
不出所料，人民阵线没能突破5%大关。
6. see also: crash barrier;sound barrier
1. barrier什么意思
1. 障碍物：防火墙是一个障碍物(barrier)来阻止网络中的黑客来访问你的网络,防止他们拷贝、更改或毁坏您的重要信息,这个保护性的障碍物是由许多部分组成的,如路由器和网关,将它们配置成某种特定的访问控制策略.
溜冰者撞到护栏上了。
Heavy duties on imports and exports are a barrier to international trade.进出口的高关税是国际贸易的障碍。
The Sahara Desert is a natural barrier between north and central Africa.撒哈拉沙漠是北非与中非之间的天然屏障。
The crowd had to stand behind barriers.人群只好站在障碍物后面。
Show your ticket at the barrier.请在验票处出示车票。
the removal of trade barriers贸易壁垒的消除
Lack of confidence is a psychological barrier to success.缺乏信心是阻碍成功的心理因素。
The Yangtze river is a natural barrier to the north-east.长江是东北方向的一道天然屏障。
There was no real barrier between reality and fantasy in his mind.在他的头脑中，现实与幻想之间没有真正的界线。
Ozone is the earth's barrier against ultra-violet radiation.臭氧是地球防止紫外线辐射的屏障。
the language barrier (= when people cannot communicate because they do not speak the same language)语言隔阂（因语言不通而无法交流）
the first player whose earnings passed the 10 million barrier第一位收入超过1 000万元大关的运动员
Duties and taxes are the most obvious barrier to free trade.关税和税收是自由贸易的最大壁垒。
There is no reason why love shouldn't cross the age barrier...爱没有理由不能跨越年龄的阻碍。
She had been waiting for Simon to break down the barrier between them...她一直在等待西蒙打破他们之间的隔阂。
The demonstrators broke through heavy police barriers...示威者们冲破了警察的重重设防。
As each woman reached the barrier one of the men glanced at her papers.每一位女士来到关卡前，其中一个男士便会扫一眼她的证件。
...a severe storm, which destroyed a natural barrier between the house and the lake...猛烈的暴风雨摧毁了房子和湖之间的一道天然屏障
The packaging must provide an effective barrier to prevent contamination of the product.包装必须提供有效的保护，以免产品受污染。
They are fearful that unemployment will soon break the barrier of three million...他们担心失业人数很快将突破300万大关。
The Popular Front failed, as expected, to pass the 5 per cent barrier.不出所料，人民阵线没能突破5%大关。
The KAZ 11 was spotted adrift on the outer Great barrier Reef on Wednesday.kaz11号(文中的游艇)期三被发现浮游于大堡礁外的海面上.
But the barrier turned it back.可是外面有栅栏挡着,无法进去.
The CMP process is also used to control film thickness and removal of barrier layers.CMP技术也用于控制薄膜厚度及剥离隔离层.
The Great barrier Reef is disappearing at an increased rate because of climate damage.大堡礁因为变坏的气候正以很快的速度消失.
Wind barrier is a main method to assure traffic safety, especially under strong crosswind.风障是解决行车安全问题的主要手段, 尤其在强侧风环境下.
Lack of confidence is the biggest barrier to investment in the region.缺乏信心是在这一地区投资的最大障碍.
It's only been latterly that we've discovered that it's lots of individual reefs, around about 2,900 separate reef systems which make up the Great barrier Reef.直到近来我们才发现,它们其实是众多独立的礁石, 大约有2900个独立的礁石系,组成了大堡礁.
A large crowd crushed past the barrier.大群的人挤过了障碍物.
The age barrier appeared insurmountable.年龄障碍看来是无法逾越的.
Then when the barrier goes up he is off like his name, Sunstreak.
出自：Sherwood Anderson
