hobbling

英 [ˈhɒblɪŋ]

美 [ˈhɑːblɪŋ]

v.  蹒跚; 跛行; 捆绑(马等的)两腿(以防其走失); 阻止; 妨碍
hobble的现在分词

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

• Osborne brought Bedell through the crisis, Ten days later Bedell was hobbling on pair of crutches that Dick had made for him.
  十天后，彼得尔就能拄着迪克为他制作的拐杖一瘸一拐地行走了。
• "Regardless of if I'm out there hobbling around, I make guys better," he said." There are other things I can do. It's a proven fact. "
  “如果除去我在场上的步履蹒跚，我还是能让队友变得更好”他说到“我还可以做到其他事情，这也是被证实过的”
• We sprung to our feet and raced out of the living room. We found Ali hobbling frantically across the foyer.
  我们拔腿跑出起居室，看见阿里跛着脚在走廊狂奔。
• This not only stunts the prospects for women, but also reduces economic growth by essentially hobbling half the potential labour force.
  这不仅阻碍妇女的前途，而且束缚一半的潜在劳动力，以致减少经济增长。
• Failure to develop an energy policy means we can look forward to a lifetime of enriching the obscene sheiks, of wasting treasure and blood to defend the Middle East while impoverishing ordinary Americans and hobbling our economy.
  如果能源政策失败就意味着我们一辈子要富足那个猥琐的酋长，一辈子要浪费钱财和鲜血去保卫中东，而同时我们国民贫穷，经济不前。
• Yao Ming ( notes) on that Olympic night three summers ago, grimacing, hobbling off the floor, a fist finally thrust straight into the air to say simply: I did it.
  记得三年前的那个奥林匹克之夜，姚明表情痛苦，躯体蹒跚，最终将拳头径直的挥向空中大喊：我做到了。
• Most funds in China attract investors looking for a short-term trading opportunity, further hobbling the growth of a developed services sector.
  中国大多数基金吸引到的都是一些寻找短期交易机会的投资者，从而进一步阻碍了服务业的成熟。
• On the basis of deep-studying the shaping-principle of arc-gear hobbling, a calculation formula of teeth profile of disc cutter for arc-gear is derived.
  在深入研究圆弧齿轮滚切成形原理的基础上，推导出圆弧齿轮盘形刀具齿形计算公式。
• With economic growth at a premium, the UK should be wary of artificially hobbling it.
  考虑到目前迫切需要推动经济增长，英国应该警惕人为构成的阻碍。
• Such a reprisal of its response to the financial crisis in 2009 would merely exacerbate the credit fatigue that is hobbling its dynamism.
  2009年那种对金融危机报复性的回应只会加剧信贷疲劳症，侵蚀经济活力。