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。
• The old man hobbled across the road.
  老人一瘸一拐地穿过马路。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The hobbled skirt obliged you to take smaller steps all my movements became constricted.
  穿着窄窄的裙子，你只能将步子迈小一点我的动作幅度都变小了。
• The non-oil economy has been hobbled too.
  非石油经济也受到了束缚。
• 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。