hobble

英 [ˈhɒbl]

美 [ˈhɑːbl]

v.  蹒跚; 跛行; 捆绑(马等的)两腿(以防其走失); 阻止; 妨碍
n.  跛行; 蹒跚;<口/方〉困境

过去式：hobbled　现在分词：hobbling　过去分词：hobbled　第三人称单数：hobbles　复数：hobbles　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14802 / COCA.11703

牛津词典

verb

• 蹒跚；跛行
  to walk with difficulty, especially because your feet or legs hurt
  1. The old man hobbled across the road.
     老人一瘸一拐地穿过马路。
• 捆绑（马等的）两腿（以防其走失）
  to tie together two legs of a horse or other animal in order to stop it from running away
• 阻止；妨碍
  to make it more difficult for sb to do sth or for sth to happen

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。

英英释义

noun

• the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
  Synonym:hitchlimp
• a shackle for the ankles or feet
  Synonym:fetter

verb

• strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison
  1. hobble race horses
  Synonym:hopple
• walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
  1. The old woman hobbles down to the store every day
  Synonym:limpgimphitch
• hamper the action or progress of
  1. The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean

双语例句

• Disarray and recriminations within NATO hobble the single most effective potential tool for Western military intervention overseas.
  北约内部的混乱和相互攻讦，让西方海外军事干预仰仗的唯一一个最有效的潜在工具失去了作用。
• That, though, could very well hobble growth, pushing it down towards a once unthinkable 4 per cent.
  但这很可能阻碍经济增长，导致增长率滑向一度不可想象的4%。
• Enormous capital investments mean that losses can easily reach billions of dollars, and long product cycles mean that a wrong turn can hobble a company for a number of years.
  巨额的资本投资意味着损失轻易就能达到数十亿美元，而产品周期长意味着一个错误的转变就会让公司陷入长达数年的困境。
• That could hobble many of the technology-enabled trading processes that have resulted in tighter bid-ask spreads and greater liquidity in markets.
  这可能会阻碍许多由科技推动、促成市场买卖差价缩小而流动性增加的交易程序。
• Since CCTV carried out eliminate the last system, many documentary programs have fallen into a hobble.
  央视实行末尾淘汰制后，许多纪录片栏目陷入了生存困境。
• ( I offered to leave on my own, but being a gentleman, he helped me hobble home and promptly never let me forget it.)
  （我跟他说我可以自己走，不过作为一个绅士，他还是帮我一瘸一拐的走回了家，然后让我对这件事永世不忘。）
• 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。
• I hurt my foot, and had to hobble home.
  我的脚受了伤，只好一拐一拐地走回家。
• The article holds the view that Small and Medium Enterprises in China are currently still getting into the hobble of serious total quantity insufficiency and structure irrationality.
  本文认为目前我国中小企业融资仍然处于总量严重不足、结构不合理的困境之中。
• She turned her ankle on the rocks and had to hobble back to camp.
  她在岩石上扭伤了脚踝，不得不跛行回营地。