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

• Such perceived deficiencies have hobbled his ability to cajole China with any real conviction.
  这样的缺陷束缚了奥巴马以切实可信的言语笼络中国的能力。
• A man hobbled into the office pushing a vibrant-looking woman in a wheelchair.
  一个男人慢慢的推着轮椅上一个漂亮的女人进来办公室。
• 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。
• In fact, I hobbled past two people in the last two laps.
  事实上，在最后两圈我还卯足了劲儿超越了两名选手。
• The global economy is being hobbled by a new generation of zombies, the economic walking dead.
  全球经济正受到新一代僵尸（经济学意义上的活死人）的拖累。
• Suddenly the door opened and an old woman, leaning on a crutch, hobbled out.
  门突然开了，一个老太婆拄着拐棍儿，摇摇摆摆地走出来。
• 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。
• 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。
• The horse has been hobbled so that he can't run away.
  那马的脚被绑住了，所以它无法逃走。
• It was hobbled first by incompetence and internal dissension.
  开始时，它由于无能和内部纠纷而行动缓慢。