hamstrung

Releasing a review of federal policy on cyber-security, Mr Obama said the government had been hamstrung so far by the complexity of the issue and turf wars among agencies.

在公布联邦网络安全政策评估报告后，奥巴马表示，由于这一问题的复杂性以及各机构之间争权夺利，政府到目前为止一直未能发挥作用。

His efforts were hamstrung by her one remarks.

她的一句话使他的一切努力付之东流.

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。

This latest figure comes as the city's leader, career civil servant Donald Tsang, prepares to step down after seven years in office that critics say were hamstrung by inertia and lack of action to help the poor.

最新的数据出炉之际，正值香港特首、职业公务员曾荫权在任职七年之后离任的前夕。批评人士说，由于在帮助穷人方面反应迟钝、缺乏切实行动，曾荫权在任期间可以说是碌碌无为。

The whole operation was hamstrung by [ for ] lack of funds.

整个作业因资金不足而 受挫.

The project was hamstrung by lack of funds.

这个计画因缺乏资金而难以实现.

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.

Businesses hamstrung by tight credit are expected to slash capital spending plans further.

紧缩的信贷使企业捉襟见肘,不得不大幅度减少资金投入.

Born in chaos after the slaughter of a war lost through what many Germans wrongly construed as a" stab in the back", the fledgling republic was hamstrung from the start.

魏玛共和国诞生于因战败遭受的屠杀的混乱之中，许多德国人将这场败局错误地解释为“暗箭伤人”，而这个羽翼未丰的共和国从一开始就孱弱乏力。

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。

Western companies are hamstrung because the legality of the scheme cannot be called into question.

西方公司之所以处境艰难是因为这项计划的合法性不容置疑.

The new supervisory authorities are also hamstrung.

新的监管机构同样具有伤害性.

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。