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

• Finally, in 1991, came another huge change: the decision by Indian leaders to move away from the regulation and protectionism that had hobbled the Indian economy since independence.
  最后，在1991年，发生了另一个巨大的变化：印度领导人决定摆脱自独立以来一直束缚印度经济发展的管制和保护主义。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The old man hobbled across the road.
  老人一瘸一拐地穿过马路。
• European businesses are also hobbled by red tape.
  欧洲企业还受困于各种繁文缛节。
• 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。
• 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。
• The emergence of pan-Asian platforms is hobbled by different rules and regulations in the various markets.
  各个市场不同的规章制度抑制了泛亚平台的出现。
• The non-oil economy has been hobbled too.
  非石油经济也受到了束缚。