单词hamstrung
n.: 腘绳肌腱；大肌腱；【解】腘旁腱；【动】(兽类的)后腿腱
v.: 割断…的腿筋；使残废；减弱…的活动能力；妨碍；使不能正常工作（或行动）
腘绳肌腱:
one of the five tendons behind the knee that connect the muscles of the upper leg to the bones of the lower leg
（马等跗关节后部的）后腿肌腱，大肌腱:
a tendon behind the middle joint(= hock ) of the back leg of a horse and some other animals
妨碍；使不能正常工作（或行动）:
to prevent sb/sth from working or taking action in the way that is needed
adj.constrainedrestrictedconfinedcrampedstymied
adj.liberated
But China"s efforts to increase supplies of any kind of electricity have been hamstrung by a lack of transmission lines.
而在目前，中国增加电力供应的努力正受到输电线路不足的钳制。
Hurd"s obsession with driving up profits left the company"s staff demoralized and its ability to innovate hamstrung.
马克•赫德醉心于拉高利润率，导致了惠普员工士气不振，公司的创新能力也停滞不前。
It is hamstrung by an absence of new models and negative reports on the quality of its vehicles.
这是由于缺少新车型还有些对车辆质量的负面报道造成的。
Recalcitrant backbenchers hamstrung the prime minister"s attempt to railroad the bill through the Commons.
不屈不挠的后座议员们挫败了首相操纵下议院匆忙通过这个法案的企图。
In India and Sri Lanka, restrictive labour laws have hamstrung the emergence of a more competitive manufacturing base.
印度和斯里兰卡严格的劳动法成为发展更具竞争力的制造基地的阻碍。
Rich countries also seem to be more hamstrung than China.
富国似乎也比中国更受摧残。
Power producers are hamstrung by market forces on inputs and by the diktats of a centrally-planned economy on pricing.
投入方面的市场力量和中央计划经济对定价的限制，绑住了电力生产商的手脚。
They like to size you up before they make their real move, like jackals finding out if the prey is as weak and hamstrung as it looks.
他们在采取行动前总是会观察你一段时间，就象豹狼匍匐在远处，等待它们真正柔弱不堪一击的猎物。
We have grown accustomed to the fact that collective global action is hamstrung by institutional and diplomatic rigor mortis.
我们已习惯了这样的事实：由于制度和外交上的僵化，全球无法采取一致行动；
Granted, Merkel has been hamstrung by voters who are in no mood to see their taxes diverted to profligate neighbors.
当然，默克尔的决定被德国选民影响，德国选民不想看到自己交的税被用在一贯奢侈浪费的邻国身上。