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

• 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。
• 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。
• The boys were calling the old lady names as she hobbled up the street.
  老妇人跚蹒着在街上走时，男孩子们谩骂她。
• 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。
• Hamper the action or progress of; the chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean.
  行动或进展；主席受到全能的主任的牵制。
• The non-oil economy has been hobbled too.
  非石油经济也受到了束缚。
• 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。
• I saw a poor old lady and she hobbled like this, all on my way to school.
  上学路上，我看见一位年迈、怜的老妇人，她这样跋行。
• 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。
• 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。