stumbling

At the beginning of the 19th century, America was a stumbling babe as far as a culture of its own was concerned.

十九世纪伊始，美国正如它自身所承认的那样，在文化还是一个行走绊磕的孩童。

Ay, and he falls for those ahead of him, who though faster and surer of foot, yet removed not the stumbling stone.

呜呼，他跌倒，是因为走在他前头的那些人，虽步伐快捷沉稳，却没有移开伴脚石。

"One of the biggest and most difficult stumbling blocks at this point is Russia, frankly, " says Harvard's Matthew Bunn.

“坦率地说，在这一点上，最大和最困难的障碍之一就是俄罗斯，”哈佛的马修-邦恩说。

He took a stumbling step back and the light of the sphere glared and then waned to a dim glow.

他磕磕绊绊地退后一步，水晶球的光芒闪耀了一下，随即减退成黯淡的亮光。

The greatest stumbling block has turned out to be the question of financial assistance.

暴露出来的最大障碍是资助问题。

But at least it meant I got to sit and listen instead of stumbling around on the court.

但至少，这意味着我可以坐下来听课，而不是在庭院里到处被绊到。

and I was glad to hear it, for over-restrictive parents are a key stumbling-point when it comes to taking a girl home for the night.

听到这我很高兴，带一个女孩子回家过夜对于那些要求严格的父亲来说是一个致关重要的障碍。

His own crew was in front of him now, stumbling toward him with weapons raised.

他自己的僵尸正挡在他的前面，蹒跚着朝他接近，手里高举着武器。

The question of what obligations should apply to the bank's controlling shareholders remains a stumbling block.

银行的控股股东应该承担什么义务这一问题，仍然是一块绊脚石。

There will be a countless number of Assyrian casualties, dead bodies without count. People are stumbling over dead people all over the city.

将会有数不清的伤亡人数，人们都只能在死人堆里行走。

Van Nistelrooy's wages may prove to be a stumbling block, however, with Liverpool not wanting to pay them if he was to return to England.

范尼的工资也许会成为绊脚石，如果他能够返回英格兰，利物浦不想为其支付工资。

He made a speech straight off the reel without stumbling over a word.

他口若悬河，一字不顿地发表了演讲。

The only stumbling block you face seems to be if you plan on mixing your business life with your personal, or love life. Do you?

你面临的唯一绊倒你的障碍就是你试图将自己的工作生活与私人生活或爱情生活混在一起，不是吗？

Just for the moment the dark Ones remain the stumbling block to a great move forward.

刚好在此刻，黑暗势力依旧是伟大行动的绊脚石。

The biggest stumbling block is going to be the fact that technologies developed for space can be used for military applications.

最大的阻碍是发展空间技术主要是为了军事应用。

She said: "We are exploring, we are stumbling, we are trying to identify what will be the right tools [and] legal principles. "

她说：“我们正在探索，我们会遇到绊脚石，我们正试图确定哪些是正确的工具[和]法律原则。”

But a stumbling witness is often more credible than a too-slick one.

但一个不善辞令的见证人，往往比一个说话圆滑的人更可信。

His concern about denying the woman he loved a private life was one of the stumbling blocks to their getting married sooner.

他担心无法给他深爱的女人私人生活，这也是他们不能尽早完婚的绊脚石之一。

The absence of any experience as a judge was raised by Senate Republicans as a potential stumbling block to her confirmation.

参议院共和党指出她缺乏法官经验，这将成为她通过批准的潜在绊脚石。

And He said to His disciples, It is impossible for causes of stumbling not to come, but woe to him through whom they come.

耶稣又对门徒说，要使绊跌人的事不发生是不可能的，但那绊跌人的有祸了。