hobbling

英 [ˈhɒblɪŋ]

美 [ˈhɑːblɪŋ]

v.  蹒跚; 跛行; 捆绑(马等的)两腿(以防其走失); 阻止; 妨碍
hobble的现在分词

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

• Most funds in China attract investors looking for a short-term trading opportunity, further hobbling the growth of a developed services sector.
  中国大多数基金吸引到的都是一些寻找短期交易机会的投资者，从而进一步阻碍了服务业的成熟。
• The public sector is still hobbling the economy.
  政府部门还在拖经济的后腿。
• All this pain was in order to conform to a specific idea of beauty, that of women hobbling around on tiny feet.
  所有这些疼痛都是为了遵循美女的特定概念，即，女士踮着小脚行走。
• With economic growth at a premium, the UK should be wary of artificially hobbling it.
  考虑到目前迫切需要推动经济增长，英国应该警惕人为构成的阻碍。
• Yao Ming ( notes) on that Olympic night three summers ago, grimacing, hobbling off the floor, a fist finally thrust straight into the air to say simply: I did it.
  记得三年前的那个奥林匹克之夜，姚明表情痛苦，躯体蹒跚，最终将拳头径直的挥向空中大喊：我做到了。
• The influential midfielder experienced a somewhat mixed afternoon at Stamford Bridge on sunday, scoring the winner before hobbling off.
  这位蓝军中场的关键球员在周日对伯明翰的比赛中被换下前攻进了锁定胜局的一球。
• Failure to develop an energy policy means we can look forward to a lifetime of enriching the obscene sheiks, of wasting treasure and blood to defend the Middle East while impoverishing ordinary Americans and hobbling our economy.
  如果能源政策失败就意味着我们一辈子要富足那个猥琐的酋长，一辈子要浪费钱财和鲜血去保卫中东，而同时我们国民贫穷，经济不前。
• The UK must gently make the point that while hobbling London might be satisfying, it will not automatically cause business to migrate to Paris or Frankfurt.
  英国必须以温和的口吻提出，尽管束缚住伦敦可能会令人满意，但这并不一定会促使企业转战巴黎或法兰克福。
• Such a reprisal of its response to the financial crisis in 2009 would merely exacerbate the credit fatigue that is hobbling its dynamism.
  2009年那种对金融危机报复性的回应只会加剧信贷疲劳症，侵蚀经济活力。
• David-whose leg is in a cast after he snapped his Achilles in a match last month-has been seen hobbling around the pool and beach using crutches.
  大卫-一个演员的腿折断后，他在比赛中他的致命的最后一个月-已经看到步履蹒跚的游泳池和海滩周围使用拐杖。