0 to walk in an awkward way, usually because the feet or legs are injured:
1 to limit something or control the freedom of someone:
A long list of amendments have hobbled the new legislation.
2 to walk with difficulty in an awkward way, or to cause someone to walk in this way, usually because of an injury to the feet or legs:
[ I always + adv/prep ] He hobbled over on crutches.
Alas, he is bitted and bridled and hobbled and haltered till he can hardly move.
I remember one old woman who had bunions, and who hobbled, and for whom life was sheer misery.
If we hobbled a company by preventing it from working hard, we would deprive factories of the ability to compete worldwide.
I most strongly believe that so hobbled and emaciated a version would very soon provoke demands for something more complete and more interesting.
I do not think that it can be said that they are hobbled when we see how many of them are now operating.
What is the use of allowing them to enter into a sphere of operations completely hobbled?
We find these efforts hobbled by institutional inertia that mistakes motion for progress.
The present land system hampers, hobbles and restricted industry.
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行走, 一瘸一拐地行走,跛行, 限制…
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cojear, andar con dificultad, renquear…
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mancar, andar com dificuldade…
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足を引きずって歩く, よたよたと歩く…
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aksayarak/seke seke yürümek, topallamak…
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traîner la jambe…
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coixejar, caminar amb dificultat…
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