hobbled
v. 跛行,蹣跚,一瘸一拐地走( hobble的過去式和過去分詞 ); 捆縛(馬等)之兩腿(以防走失)
If you hobble, you walk in an awkward way with small steps, for example because your foot is injured.
He got up slowly and hobbled over to the coffee table...
他慢慢地站起來,一瘸一拐地走到咖啡桌旁。
The swelling had begun to go down, and he was able, with pain, to hobble.
腫脹已經開始消退,他能忍著痛一瘸一拐地走了。
To hobble something or someone means to make it more difficult for them to be successful or to achieve what they want.
The poverty of 10 million citizens not only demeans our society but its cost also hobbles our economy.
1,000萬的貧困人口不僅給我們的社會抹黑,而且在這上面的支出也阻礙了我們的經濟發展。
The old man hobbled across the road.
老人一瘸一拐地穿過馬路。
The old man hobbled along with the help of his grandson.
老人在他的孫子挽扶下蹣跚而行.
It was hobbled first by incompetence and internal dissension.
開始時,它由於無能和內部糾紛而行動緩慢.
The horse has been hobbled so that he can't run away.
那馬的腳被綁住了,所以它無法逃走.
After a swift struggle of tongues Mr. Holohan hobbled out in haste.
一陣唇槍舌劍的速決戰收場後,霍羅漢先生急乎乎地跛出門去.