As if that were not enough of an obstacle to their relationship, there is also her lifelong best friend,Jacob Black.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

Why does God do this? Isn't this, in a way, Putting an obstacle in front of someone Almost ensuring they're going to trip over it?

上帝为什么要这样做？，不是吗，可以这样说，在人面前摆了一个障碍物,几乎确定他会被绊倒？

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Milton's own faculty of memory - this is the idea that I'm going to be floating here - seems to provide something like, or pose a stumbling block or an obstacle for, his attempt to write an original, divinely inspired poem.

在这里我想说,弥尔顿自己的记忆系统,似乎想提供某种东西，或者想在他写出一部原创的，伟大的诗作的尝试上设置一个障碍。

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Palestinians see the West Bank settlements, home to about 300,000 Israelis, as an obstacle to the creation of a future Palestinian state.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Peace Now chairman Yariv Openheimer says Israel is trying to fool the United States, which sees settlement expansion as an obstacle to peace.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

What's the biggest obstacle to people getting tested and treated for HIV/AIDS in the MENA region?

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

Idries says another obstacle to dentente between Iraq's Shi'ites, Sunnis,and Kurds is the existence of four-million Iraqis, living abroad, many of whom are disenfranchised.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

(Speech) Speaking at the weekly Cabinet meeting, Mr.Netanyahu said the Palestinians' rejection of his offer shows they are an obstacle to the peace process.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

He says there is no longer any political obstacle to holding the elections.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

The U.S.and Palestinians see the settlements as an obstacle to peace.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

"And I very much hope that this issue is no longer going to be an obstacle to the strategic process of integrating Balkans into the European family of nations."

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

The United States,which is a sponsor of the Middle East peace talks, says Israeli settlements are an obstacle to peace, and the issue has strained relations with Israel's right-wing government.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

The Palestinian divisions pose a major obstacle to the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza, which is the stated goal of the peace process sponsored by the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

"Let us settle it, expand and love our homeland." Mr.Netanyahu reluctantly imposed a partial freeze on West Bank construction under pressure from the United States, which sees the settlements as an obstacle to peace.

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

He described Barak as a war criminal. Israel's hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reluctantly imposed the settlement freeze last month, under pressure from the United States, which sees the settlements as an obstacle to peace.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

Mr.Netanyahu has been a strong supporter of Jewish settlement in all of the biblical land of Israel, but he imposed the construction freeze last month after urging from the United States, which sees the settlements as an obstacle to peace.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

"And if we refuse to deal with these issues today, then I guarantee you that they will be an albatross around our efforts [a big obstacle to combat terrorism in the future. The president spoke in the National Archives, which houses the nation's founding documents.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

Egypt has tried to overcome this obstacle by sponsoring reconciliation talks between Hamas and Fatah.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

At a recent driving event near Washington,D.C., teenage drivers tested their skills on a closely-monitored obstacle course to compare how they drove with - and without - distraction.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Making this life change is hard on all fishermen, but for the Vietnamese and Cambodians here, the language barrier is an added obstacle in trying to reach out to BP for work and compensation.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

"Students are stepping up and leading in unprecedented ways and for every obstacle you can come up with there is a student group really confronting that obstacle in ways that can be adapted to other settings,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.08