TEM8
外刊例句
- As the countermeasures advance, regulators need to remember that their job is to hobble the bad guys without undermining the many beneficial uses of drones.
在反制措施不断进步之时，监管机构需要记住，它们的工作是在不损害无人机的众多有益应用的情况下遏制坏人。
——《经济学人》 - Stilettos may shrink or grow taller, but they continue to represent both the empowered woman and the hobbled one.
细高跟鞋的鞋跟或许会变得愈来愈细，愈来愈高，但是长期以来，它既象征着女人的权力，也代表着对女性的束缚。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[verb] to make it more difficult for sb to do sth or for sth to happen
[动词] 使某人做某事或使某事发生更加困难
深入解读
在古代，为了防止马等牲口走失，人们便用绳子等器具将牲口的两腿捆住，使其无法正常快速奔跑，也就达到了使之跑不远的目的。这种做法在英语中就用 hobble 表示。
两腿受到束缚的牲口行走起来就像是跛了腿，因此 hobble 进而用来表示“（尤指因腿受伤而）跛行、一瘸一拐地行走”，比如一瘸一拐地穿过马路（hobbled across the road）。
另外在生活中，经常可以看到一些客观原因或者说一些人为了种种自身利益，像捆住牲口的双腿一样“束缚、阻碍、妨碍”事物的发展，比如总统因国会的抵制而受掣肘（the President was hobbled by congressional resistance）、高昂的成本阻碍工业的发展（high costs hobble industry）。
当 hobble 用作名词时，自然便是指“跛行、跛行步态”或“束缚物、阻碍因素”，比如实现雄心大志的阻碍（hobbles to one’s ambition）。
经典用例
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？
出自英国小说家托马斯·哈代的长篇小说《德伯家的苔丝》（Tess of the d’Urbervilles）。小说最初在杂志上连载，1891年开始以书籍发行，主要讲述英格兰有个贫家少女名叫苔丝，她美丽、单纯且富有责任感，却遭到命运的捉弄。
常见短语
“hobble”通常用来表示跛行、蹒跚、阻碍等含义，指行动受限、不稳定或受妨碍。
以下是50个包含单词“hobble”的短语，以及它们的中文解释：
- hobble along: 蹒跚前行
- hobble with pain: 因疼痛跛行
- hobble on crutches: 使用拐杖跛行
- hobble due to injury: 因伤势跛行
- hobble slowly: 缓慢跛行
- hobble from an accident: 因事故而跛行
- hobble with a limp: 带着跛行的瘸子
- hobble after surgery: 手术后跛行
- hobble because of arthritis: 因关节炎而跛行
- hobble with a cane: 使用手杖跛行
- hobble from a fall: 因摔倒跛行
- hobble from a sprain: 因扭伤跛行
- hobble due to old age: 因年老而跛行
- hobble with a gait disorder: 因步态障碍跛行
- hobble with difficulty: 艰难跛行
- hobble with a leg injury: 因腿伤跛行
- hobble with a foot injury: 因脚伤跛行
- hobble after a sports injury: 运动受伤后跛行
- hobble from a twisted ankle: 因扭伤脚踝跛行
- hobble due to muscle strain: 因肌肉拉伤跛行
- hobble after a fall: 摔倒后跛行
- hobble due to a broken bone: 因骨折跛行
- hobble from a horseback accident: 因骑马事故跛行
- hobble from a car crash: 因车祸跛行
- hobble after a hiking injury: 徒步旅行受伤后跛行
- hobble with a leg cast: 腿部受伤后跛行
- hobble from a ski accident: 因滑雪事故跛行
- hobble due to a twisted knee: 因膝盖扭伤跛行
- hobble with a back injury: 背部受伤后跛行
- hobble from a bike accident: 因骑车事故跛行
- hobble from a sports collision: 运动碰撞后跛行
- hobble with a foot cast: 脚部受伤后跛行
- hobble due to joint pain: 因关节疼痛跛行
- hobble with an ankle sprain: 脚踝扭伤后跛行
- hobble after a workplace injury: 工作受伤后跛行
- hobble with a broken ankle: 脚踝骨折后跛行
- hobble from a running injury: 因跑步受伤跛行
- hobble with a hip injury: 髋部受伤后跛行
- hobble due to nerve damage: 因神经损伤跛行
- hobble with a leg infection: 腿部感染后跛行
- hobble from a slip and fall: 因滑倒而跛行
- hobble due to a hiking mishap: 徒步旅行意外跛行
- hobble with a calf injury: 小腿受伤后跛行
- hobble from a skating accident: 因滑冰事故跛行
- hobble with a knee brace: 膝部支架后跛行
- hobble from a playground fall: 在游乐场跌倒后跛行
- hobble with a muscle tear: 肌肉撕裂后跛行
- hobble from a construction accident: 建筑事故后跛行
- hobble due to a hiking fall: 徒步旅行摔倒跛行
- hobble with a foot cast: 脚部受伤后跛行
同近义词
- hamper: [often passive] to prevent sb from easily doing or achieving sth
- hinder: to limit the ability of someone to do something, or to limit the development of something
- impede: [often passive] (formal) to delay or stop the progress of sth
