hobbled

英 [ˈhɒbld]

美 [ˈhɑːbld]

v.  蹒跚; 跛行; 捆绑(马等的)两腿(以防其走失); 阻止; 妨碍
hobble的过去分词和过去式

COCA.35434

柯林斯词典

• VERB 跛行;一瘸一拐地走
  If youhobble, you walk in an awkward way with small steps, for example because your foot is injured.
  1. He got up slowly and hobbled over to the coffee table...
     他慢慢地站起来，一瘸一拐地走到咖啡桌旁。
  2. The swelling had begun to go down, and he was able, with pain, to hobble.
     肿胀已经开始消退，他能忍着痛一瘸一拐地走了。
• VERB 妨碍;阻碍
  Tohobblesomething or someone means to make it more difficult for them to be successful or to achieve what they want.
  1. The poverty of 10 million citizens not only demeans our society but its cost also hobbles our economy.
     1,000万的贫困人口不仅给我们的社会抹黑，而且在这上面的支出也阻碍了我们的经济发展。

双语例句

• If news gets in US legal trouble, it could be hobbled before justice is done.
  如果新闻集团在美国遭遇法律上的麻烦，它可能会在公正判决得出之前就被拖垮。
• Failures of intermediation have hobbled many economies over the decades, most conspicuously Japan in the 1990s.
  几十年来，金融中介的失灵曾让许多经济体步履蹒跚，最为引人注目的是上世纪90年代时的日本。
• European businesses are also hobbled by red tape.
  欧洲企业还受困于各种繁文缛节。
• The emergence of pan-Asian platforms is hobbled by different rules and regulations in the various markets.
  各个市场不同的规章制度抑制了泛亚平台的出现。
• As for Europe, the old continent is hobbled by inflexible product and labour markets.
  就欧洲而言，这块年迈的大陆被缺乏弹性的产品和劳工市场拖得步履阑珊。
• The poor old dog hobbled off with his master.
  那条可怜的老狗一瘸一瘸地跟着主人走了。
• And although the BMW1 Series has an excellent road-test score, it is hobbled by terrible reliability.
  而且，尽管宝马1系在路试中得分优秀，它却受累于糟糕的可靠性。
• Critics of the Chinese film system say the selections are capricious and hobbled by censorship restrictions.
  中国电影体系的批评者们称，这样的挑选很随意，而且受到审查制度的限制。
• The hobbled skirt obliged you to take smaller steps all my movements became constricted.
  穿着窄窄的裙子，你只能将步子迈小一点我的动作幅度都变小了。
• He wanted to faint from humiliation and pain, but he scrambled to his feet and hobbled off.
  他又羞又痛，差点又晕厥过去，可是一咬牙挣扎着爬起身来，摇摇晃晃走开了。