hobble

英 [ˈhɒbl]

美 [ˈhɑːbl]

v.  蹒跚; 跛行; 捆绑(马等的)两腿(以防其走失); 阻止; 妨碍
n.  跛行; 蹒跚;<口/方〉困境

过去式：hobbled　现在分词：hobbling　过去分词：hobbled　第三人称单数：hobbles　复数：hobbles　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14802 / COCA.11703

牛津词典

verb

• 蹒跚；跛行
  to walk with difficulty, especially because your feet or legs hurt
  1. The old man hobbled across the road.
     老人一瘸一拐地穿过马路。
• 捆绑（马等的）两腿（以防其走失）
  to tie together two legs of a horse or other animal in order to stop it from running away
• 阻止；妨碍
  to make it more difficult for sb to do sth or for sth to happen

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。

英英释义

noun

• the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
  Synonym:hitchlimp
• a shackle for the ankles or feet
  Synonym:fetter

verb

• strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison
  1. hobble race horses
  Synonym:hopple
• walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
  1. The old woman hobbles down to the store every day
  Synonym:limpgimphitch
• hamper the action or progress of
  1. The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean

双语例句

• The essential reason is that we do not understand the essence of vacation tourism and the characteristic of vacation theory, tourists and marketing, so that the development gets into a hobble.
  没有充分认识度假旅游休闲的本质和理念特征、消费者特征以及营销特征，是导致度假旅游的发展陷入误区的主要原因。
• Disarray and recriminations within NATO hobble the single most effective potential tool for Western military intervention overseas.
  北约内部的混乱和相互攻讦，让西方海外军事干预仰仗的唯一一个最有效的潜在工具失去了作用。
• Don't let these time leeches hobble your success.
  不要让这些垃圾时间妨碍你的成功。
• With domestic banks providing 90 per cent of external credit to Chinese enterprises, a weak financial sector had threatened to hobble the economy.
  由于国内银行为中国企业提供了90%的外部贷款，薄弱的金融业曾一度危及中国经济的发展。
• She turned her ankle on the rocks and had to hobble back to camp.
  她在岩石上扭伤了脚踝，不得不跛行回营地。
• Nadeshiko Japan's win at the Women's World Cup on Sunday night came at a crucial time in Japan as political strife continues to hobble reconstruction efforts.
  周日晚上，日本队赢得女足世界杯的冠军。此时的日本正处于关键时刻，政治纷争仍在阻挠震后重建工作。
• Yet, foreign aid to Africa has remained essentially flat over the past two years and trade barriers that hobble African exports to wealthy countries have proved difficult to dismantle.
  但是，在过去的两年中，外国对非洲的援助基本保持在原有水平上，针对非洲出口的贸易壁垒很难消除。
• 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。
• Since CCTV carried out eliminate the last system, many documentary programs have fallen into a hobble.
  央视实行末尾淘汰制后，许多纪录片栏目陷入了生存困境。
• India's inexorably growing power crisis is a bottleneck that threatens to hobble its overall growth rate.
  印度面临不断增长的电力需求，这样的瓶颈让经济总增长率步履维艰。