But there are obstacles to real change.

但想要真正做到改变，前面还有一些拦路虎。

In my opinion, these two barriers are the main impediments that get in the way of good decision-making.

在我看来，碍是良好决策路上的大拦路虎。

Are you running into the same roadblocks over and over again?

你有重复遇到同样的拦路石吗？

But the law got in the way.

法律拦路。

The judge ruled the NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy unfairly targets black and Hispanic men.

法官判決纽约市警局的犯罪防制手法“拦路搜身”不公正地将目标指向了美国黑人以及西班牙裔美国人。

Most people might want to do the easiest thing first, but that is a bad idea. Entertain an alternative plan! Always do what's most difficult first, just to get it out of the way.

很多人可能想从最容易的做起，然而，想法是错误的。得考虑换方式。应该总是从最困难的地方入手，先除掉拦路虎。

" Five attempts have been made. Twice burglars in my pay ransacked her house. Once we diverted her luggage when she travelled. Twice she has been waylaid. There has been no result."

“我们已经试过五次了。有次我出钱雇小偷搜遍了她的房子。一次她在旅行时我们调换了她的行李。还有次我们对她进行了拦路抢劫。可是都一无所获。”

She indeed inclined to the idea that, in some way, the French were connected with the small thefts, which were ascertained facts, and the burglaries and highway robberies, which were rumours.

她确实倾向于有样一想法，即法国人在某上与小偷小摸行为有关，已被证实了，也与入室盗窃和拦路抢劫有关，倒是传闻。

Here Germany is the block: it hints that it might consider taking on such mutual obligations in the future, but not now.

现在，德国成了拦路石——德国暗示人们，也许将来会考虑采用类似的相互债务责任制，但现在不会。

The opposite, and this is not in our lesson, of course, but I thought of the phrase highway robbery.

相反，当然不在我们的课中，但我想到一词组叫“拦路抢劫”。

If a place is charging you way too much money to do a certain activity, we might call that highway robbery.

如果某地方为某项活动向你索取过高费用，我们可能会称之为“拦路抢劫” 。

It should not be a showstopper, come on.

不应该是拦路虎，加油。

It is the showstopper for a lot of people.

对许多人来说是拦路虎。

They were highwaymen who had been caught.

他们是已被抓获的拦路劫匪。

What people on roadblocks and what drives them?

路上的拦路人是谁，是什么驱使他们的？

A large number of prisoners were habitual offenders of theft and highway robbery.

2）大量犯人是盗窃、拦路抢劫的惯犯。

It's called a " stickup" or a " holdup" because the idea is that someone has a gun and tells everyone to " hold up" or " stick up" their hands in the air where the robbers can see them, so no one shoots the robbers.

被称为“持枪抢劫”或“拦路抢劫”，因为意思是有人拿着枪，要求大家举起手来，让他们可以看到，样就不会误伤到劫匪。

The Drakes, though, were committed to this new religion, so they appeared to have had to flee their home, although that might be something to do with the fact their father may well have been a highway robber.

德雷克一家却信奉新宗教，因此他们似乎不得不逃离家园，尽管可能与他们的父亲很可能是拦路强盗有关。

Much like the highwaymen we heard about in the last episode, the life of a pirate was alluring, it was attractive, it was interesting, it was completely understandable that normal people were so curious about them.

正如我们在上一集提到的拦路强盗一样，海盗的生活同样充满诱惑，引人入胜且趣味盎然， 难怪普通人会对他们如此好奇。

The Highwayman in the Dark was a city tradesman in the light, and being recognized and challenged by his fellow tradesmen, whom he stopped in his character of the Captain, gallantly shot him and rode away.

夜间的拦路强盗白天是一位城市商人，当他以“船长”的身份拦住其他商人时，被同行认出并质问，他英勇地开枪射杀了对方，然后扬长而去。