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

• 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。
• Now a life long hobbled by addiction is, like so many others here, consumed by fear.
  现在，与这里的许多人一样，因为上瘾而长期受到困扰的生活已经被恐惧吞噬。
• 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。
• The old man hobbled across the road.
  老人一瘸一拐地穿过马路。
• Productive investment in mining and manufacturing has been hobbled for years.
  采矿业和制造业的生产性投资多年来萎靡不振。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Du Toit hobbled along stiffly on her artificial leg, No.23 written on her back and both arms.
  杜托伊特戴着一条假腿，蹒跚起来，姿态有些僵硬。背上和胳膊上写着她的号码，23号。
• 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。