ADJECTIVE | ... OF SETBACKS | VERB + SETBACK | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤temporary暫時的挫折▸➤early, initial早先的/最初的挫折▸➤big, huge, major, serious, severe, significant重大挫折;嚴重挫敗➤minor小挫折▸➤unexpected意外的挫折➤recent最近的挫折▸➤financial, military, political金融挫折;軍事失利;政治挫折... OF SETBACKS➤series一系列挫折VERB + SETBACK➤experience, face, have, receive, suffer經歷挫折;面臨打擊;遭受挫敗◇His research has suffered a temporary setback.他的研究遇到了暫時的挫折。◇She and her teammates experienced some setbacks along the way.她和她的團隊一路上經歷了一些挫折。➤deal (especially NAmE) 給予打擊◇The company was dealt a setback, when a federal judge ruled against them.因聯邦法官作出不利判決,該公司遭遇了挫折。➤overcome戰勝挫折◇He is struggling to overcome the latest setbacks.他正努力戰勝新近遇到的挫折。➤represent意味着挫折◇That would represent a huge setback in the fight to change our criminal justice system.那將會是在刑事司法體制改革中遇到的重大挫折。PREPOSITION➤setback for⋯的挫折◇a further setback for the coal industry煤炭業的又一挫折➤setback to對⋯的阻礙◇a serious setback to his chances of re-election他連任成功的一大阻礙