一些美國人的抱負因學校教育不完美、隱性的偏見和出生環境而受到限制。

The ambitions of some Americans are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of their birth.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 一些 xiē some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
=2 美國人 Měiguórén
  1. American
  2. American person
  3. American people

classifier:

=2 美國人 měiguórén US American person; US American people; Usonian(s)
=3 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 抱負 bào
  1. aspiration
  2. ambition
=5 yīn old variant of yīn
=5 yīn
  1. cause
  2. reason
  3. because
6 學校 xuéxiào school

classifier:

7 教育 jiào
  1. to educate
  2. to teach
  3. education
8
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
9 完美 wánměi perfect
10 隱性 yǐnxìng
  1. hidden
  2. crypto-
  3. recessive (gene)
=11 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=11 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=11 really and truly
=11 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
12 偏見 piānjiàn
  1. prejudice
  2. bias
=13 old variant of
=13 surname He
=13
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=13
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=13 to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=13 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=13 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=13 (literary) harmonious (variant of )
=13 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
14 出生 chūshēng to be born
15 環境 huánjìng
  1. environment
  2. circumstances
  3. surroundings
  4. ambient

classifier:

16 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
17 受到 shòudào
  1. to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc)
  2. to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
18 限制 xiànzhì
  1. to restrict
  2. to limit
  3. to confine
  4. restriction
  5. limit

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