单词
hamstrung
释义
hamstrungpast simple and past participle ofhamstring(Definition ofhamstrungfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofhamstrung
hamstrungWe are now no longerhamstrungby the logical analysis of not, which requires a propositional form for the negation to stand over.From theCambridge English CorpusOnce there, the missionaries found themselveshamstrungby bureaucratic red tape.From theCambridge English CorpusMedicaid, in fact, stands out as a remarkable oasis of spending and coverage growth amid a parched desert ofhamstrungantipoverty programmes.From theCambridge English CorpusThe debate oftenhamstrungthe physicians.From theCambridge English CorpusDisappointments such as these revealed that fear of electoral reprisal from racial conservativeshamstrungmany politicians who might, in other vicinities, have been far more liberal on racial issues.From theCambridge English CorpusWe are once again in one sensehamstrungby our own rules of procedure.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It hashamstrungus for too many years, and has given considerable advantages to other world competitors for international trade.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0We might make a small mistake and be unnecessarilyhamstrungabout it.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Yet such industries are beinghamstrungby this blind, obsessive, idiotic, inflexible imposition of cash limits.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The local authorities have beenhamstrungin their attempts to deal with the situation.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0He is alsohamstrungby the fact that he has not resolved his attitude towards flat-rate contributions and earnings-related contributions.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Such specifications havehamstrungour designers and manufacturers, whereas this new arrangement will free them.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0I do not believe that foundation trusts will work, because the manager will still behamstrungby such interference.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The assembly would behamstrunguntil after the election three months later.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0In that way they were entirelyhamstrungand were generally unable to proceed with their schemes unless they went elsewhere for their loans.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These 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.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/hamstrung##
