To put that figure into perspective, John McCain, the Republican 2008 presidential candidate, who was hamstrung by financing rules from a previous era, raised about$ 368m for his entire campaign. 下面的事实可以让读者对这一数字有点概念:2008年共和党总统候选人约翰麦凯恩(JohnMcCain),由于受制于上个时代的竞选经费筹款规则的约束,整个竞选期间仅筹集了约3.68亿美元。
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。
But the Chinese consumer is basically hamstrung by a lack of purchasing power. 但限制中国人消费的根本原因是他们缺乏购买力。
The global response to the financial crisis in eastern Europe has been hamstrung because the International Monetary Fund is too small, former officials say. 国际货币基金组织(IMF)前任官员表示,由于IMF过于弱小,全球应对东欧金融危机所作出的努力未见成效。
But these advances were hamstrung by bureaucratic corporate software development processes. 但是这些先进理念却受到官僚的企业软件开发流程的限制。
The problem is one of my best people is hamstrung. 现在问题是我们最能干的人受到了限制。
The company is hamstrung by staff shortages. 这家公司因缺少职员而无法发展。
But according to one analyst, its coverage was frozen out of most regions by existing TV companies and was hamstrung by piracy problems outside the large cities. 但一位分析师表示,天盛的转播已被现有电视公司排挤出了大部分地区,而盗版问题也令其在大城市以外的地区寸步难行。
Joshua did to them as the LORD had directed: He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots. 约书亚就照耶和华所吩咐他的去行,砍断他们马的蹄筋,用火焚烧他们的车辆。
Investors also remain frustrated with the audit profession, which is "highly fragmented and hamstrung by regulations that protect the small firm at the expense of the market". 而且,投资者仍对审计行业感到沮丧,该行业“高度分散化,以牺牲市场来保护小型审计所的规定令其受到严重损害”。
They see the university sector essentially an export industry hamstrung in its efforts to lure foreign students. 他们也看到高等院校(本质上是个出口产业)在吸引外国学生方面深受制肘。
In the coming years, China will have plenty of cash for great leaps forward in space, while the United States will be hamstrung by higher debt and tighter budgets. 在未来几年里,中国将有充足的资金来用于空间技术的飞跃,与此同时,美国将因为更高的债务和紧缩的预算而受挫。
In celebrating the win, some legislators took a swipe at U.S.stem cell policy, calling it a "blinkered" approach that has "hamstrung" research. 为庆祝投票胜利,一些立法者抨击美国干细胞政策为“狭隘”的方式造成了“残废”的研究。
China is debating the establishment of a super regulator for its finance and banking industries to improve co-ordination in a sector in which reform has been increasingly hamstrung by infighting and inertia. 中国正考虑设立一个金融和银行业的超级监管机构,以改善行业内部的协调问题。目前,内部冲突和机构惰性等问题,已日益影响到该行业的改革进程。
And David hamstrung all the chariot horses but left enough of them for a hundred chariots. 大卫将拉战车的马砍断蹄筋,只留下足彀拉一百辆车的马。
In the technology sector, many foreign groups have been hamstrung by regulatory barriers. 在技术行业中,许多外国集团都受到监管壁垒的阻碍。
China Mobile has benefited from having a hamstrung competitor. 中国移动曾得益于其竞争对手能力不健全的状况。
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。
The situation in the US and the eurozone is different: Treasuries are hamstrung. 美国和欧元区的形势有所不同:它们的财政部陷入了瘫痪。
The Chinese side has been hamstrung by internal disputes between steel companies and the industry association over how to manage any talks and a price they should agree on. 中方则因本国钢企与行业协会之间的内讧而受到妨碍:这两者在如何驾驭谈判和应该接受什么价格方面存在争议。
The company is hamstrung by its traditional but inefficient ways of conducting business. 这家公司由于其传统的低效率经营方法而陷于瘫痪。
While Sino forest defends itself against accusations of fraud, it is hamstrung by a critical weakness: it is either unable or unwilling to identify the trading partners at the heart of its business. 在嘉汉林业(sinoforest)反驳针对自己的欺诈指控之际,一个关键弱点拖了它的后腿:它要么不能、要么不愿披露那些对其业务有着至关重要影响的贸易合作伙伴。
They are assertive and jolly good at saying no. They are not hamstrung by inhibitions. 他们固执己见,非常善于说不。任何阻碍也无法挫伤他们的热情。
Goblin tinkers thus hamstrung one of their creations just long enough for a survivor to spread the word. 地精修补匠们因为使得他们作品中的一个瘫痪太长的时间,而使一名幸存者宣扬到世界各地。
Furthermore, the raters were hamstrung by the conflicts of interest inherent in being paid by issuers to assess their bonds. 此外,评级者在固有的利益冲突中收受被评估者献金而实其在评估债券是束手束脚。
In addition, APEC is hamstrung by basic differences of approach. 此外,不同成员在行为方式上的根本差异,也使该组织受到制约。
But in Taiwan, financial services remain hamstrung, thanks to the government's penchant for interfering with banks. 但在台湾,由于政府动辄干预银行,金融服务业一直束手缚脚。
But the most pressing challenge for the new collective leadership one that will be hamstrung by the existence of strong political fiefdoms and a relatively weak centre is how to deal with a strategic environment that has deteriorated markedly from the Saudi vantage point. 但沙特新领导集体最紧迫的挑战是,如何应对相对于沙特曾经的优势地位已经明显恶化的战略环境。沙特存在强大的政治封地,而政治中心相对弱势,这将削弱这个新的领导集体。
Yet in domestic policy she is hamstrung by an unwieldy coalition and Germany's federal structure. 然而,在国内政策方面,她的联盟政策华而不实,各国的联邦体制则使她捉襟见肘、毫无建树。
The whole operation was hamstrung by [ for] lack of funds. 整个作业因资金不足而受挫。