hamstring

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ham·string1 /ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ/ noun [countable]  HBHa tendon behind your knee, which sometimes gets injured when you do sport 腘绳肌腱，腘旁腱 He pulled a hamstring in training. 他训练时拉伤了腘绳肌腱。hamstring injury/problem/strain etc 腘绳肌腱受伤/问题/扭伤等

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hamstring• Steve Nash is nursing various aches and pains, including a sore hamstring.• Marlon Farlow, who is nursing a sore hamstring, gained 25 yards on four rushes.hamstring injury/problem/strain etc• Much depends on whether Neil Fairbrother is fit following a hamstring strain.• Karros has a hamstring injury that he said is serious and could keep him out for another week.• Danny Wallace is missing with a hamstring injury.• Border regained the Aussie captaincy from opening batsman Mark Taylor after a fortnight's lay-off with a hamstring injury.• Starting quarterback Scott Mitchell was ineffective before leaving in the second quarter with a hamstring injury.• Jett caught only 13 passes and missed most of this exhibition season with a hamstring injury.• He faces a fitness test today on the hamstring strain that has kept him out for two matches.hamstring2 verb (past tense and past participle hamstrung /-strʌŋ/) [transitive]  PROBLEMto make someone unable to take the action they want or need to take, especially by restricting them 阻碍，束缚；使无能为力 The president feels he is hamstrung by Congress. 总统觉得自己受到了国会的束缚。→ See Verb table

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hamstring• Excessive regulations tend to hamstring honest businesses.• This might hamstring the government and its operation was sometimes confusing to foreign observers.

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hamstring

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ham‧string¹ /ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ/ noun [countable]
a tendon behind your knee, which sometimes gets injured when you do sport:
    He pulled a hamstring in training.
    hamstring injury/problem/strain etc

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hamstring² verb (past tense and past participle hamstrung /-strʌŋ/) [transitive]
to make someone unable to take the action they want or need to take, especially by restricting them:
    The President feels he is hamstrung by Congress.