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

• The old man hobbled across the road.
  老人一瘸一拐地穿过马路。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She rose and hobbled to me on her paralytic legs and kissed me.
  她站起来，拖着她那麻痹的双腿一瘸一拐地走到我身边，吻了吻我。
• 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。