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

• ( I offered to leave on my own, but being a gentleman, he helped me hobble home and promptly never let me forget it.)
  （我跟他说我可以自己走，不过作为一个绅士，他还是帮我一瘸一拐的走回了家，然后让我对这件事永世不忘。）
• Don't let these time leeches hobble your success.
  不要让这些垃圾时间妨碍你的成功。
• I saw her hobble down the aisle.
  我看见她在过道边蹦跳着移动。
• 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。
• That, though, could very well hobble growth, pushing it down towards a once unthinkable 4 per cent.
  但这很可能阻碍经济增长，导致增长率滑向一度不可想象的4%。
• This hobble of being alive is rather serious, don't you think so?
  生活在这种境遇里真是不容易，你是不是这样认为？
• 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。
• The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Years 'Eve he was able to hobble along to a party.
  那人听后振作了精神，果然，除夕时他可以一瘸一拐地去参加晚会了。
• But crumbling ports, railways and highways hobble exporters with needless costs and delays.
  但满目疮痍的港口、铁路和高速公路，却给出口商造成了不必要的成本和迟滞。
• 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。