bar ·noun (PREVENTING SUCCESS)
Definition: something that prevents you doing something or having something Level: C2
缺乏金钱不应成为良好教育的障碍。
Lack of money should not be a ___bar to a good education.
然而，时尚可能被视为我们自由的障碍，因为杂志将它们的观点强加给顾客。
Nevertheless, fashion could be felt as a ___bar to our own liberty since the magazines impose their views on the customers.
她的害羞是她职业发展的重大障碍。
Her shyness was a significant ___bar to her career advancement.