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

• 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。
• The public sector is still hobbling the economy.
  政府部门还在拖经济的后腿。
• 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。
• The influential midfielder experienced a somewhat mixed afternoon at Stamford Bridge on sunday, scoring the winner before hobbling off.
  这位蓝军中场的关键球员在周日对伯明翰的比赛中被换下前攻进了锁定胜局的一球。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• "Give me a minute," he said, hobbling toward the cockpit.
  他说着，步履蹒跚地朝驾驶员座舱走去。
• He was hobbling [ staggering] along.
  他晃晃悠悠地往前走。
• The UK must gently make the point that while hobbling London might be satisfying, it will not automatically cause business to migrate to Paris or Frankfurt.
  英国必须以温和的口吻提出，尽管束缚住伦敦可能会令人满意，但这并不一定会促使企业转战巴黎或法兰克福。