| 词汇 | hobbled |
| 释义 | hobbled past simple and past participle ofhobble hobble verb uk /ˈhɒb.əl/ us /ˈhɑː.bəl/ hobbleverb (WALK)[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] to walk in an awkward way, usually because the feet or legs are injured: 一瘸一拐地行走，跛行 The last time I saw Rachel she was hobbling around with a stick.上次我见到雷切尔的时候，她拄着拐杖一瘸一拐的。 Some of the runners could only manage to hobble over the finishing line.有些赛跑者只是勉强蹒跚着支撑到终点。 to walk in a way that is not controlled or even stumbleHe was stumbling around the house like he was drunk. lumberWe held our breath as a black bear lumbered across the hiking trail ahead of us. galumphThe children galumphed down the steps and raced outside to play. bumbleHe bumbled into her and spilled her drink down her gown. falterThe dancer faltered right before the jump and landed awkwardly. totterHe tottered carefully down the gangplank, clutching at the railing. Moving unsteadily or with difficulty blunder bumble dodder dodderer doddery favour inflexibly limp lollop lumber lumpily lurch reel squeeze toddle toil totter tottering totteringly tumble hobbleverb (LIMIT)[ T ] to limit something or control the freedom of someone: 约束，限制 A long list of amendments have hobbled the new legislation.一长串修正案限制了这项新立法。 [ T ]literary If you hobble an animal, especially a horse, you tie two of its legs together so that it cannot run away.捆缚（动物，尤指马等的）两条腿 Limiting and restricting anti-libertarian armlock boundary box someone out box someone/something in crippling cripplingly crowd curb curtail keep (herself) to herselfidiom keep something down limit limitation limitative stunt suffocatingly tempered tie someone down tie someone up You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Fastening and tying Examples of hobbledhobbled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The legislature was hobbled by the near-monopoly of seats enjoyed by the ruling coalition before the 1996 elections. Although our protagonist is hobbled by certain uncontrollable constraints (like the botanist), he is just as likely to wave away other problems that present themselves. All too often, interpreters of culture are hobbled by the formidable mystique of music as a foreign language, of the score as hieroglyph, of musical form as technical and esoteric. On the other hand, we readily appreciate how badly hobbled we'd be as agents and inquirers if we stuck to the narrowest interpretation of reasons to believe. Alas, he is bitted and bridled and hobbled and haltered till he can hardly move. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I remember one old woman who had bunions, and who hobbled, and for whom life was sheer misery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we hobbled a company by preventing it from working hard, we would deprive factories of the ability to compete worldwide. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I most strongly believe that so hobbled and emaciated a version would very soon provoke demands for something more complete and more interesting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that it can be said that they are hobbled when we see how many of them are now operating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the use of allowing them to enter into a sphere of operations completely hobbled? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We find these efforts hobbled by institutional inertia that mistakes motion for progress. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Together, somehow, we hobbled round into the compartment where another porter came to help us sit down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they are damaged or hobbled, services will suffer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I may be hobbled by the difficulty of being what he calls a criminal lawyer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Furthermore, by the institution of these proceedings the union is hobbled from taking the proposed action by the spectre of contempt and sequestration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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