| 单词 | nobble |
| 释义 | nobble (nɒbəl ) Word forms: nobbles , nobbling , nobbled 1. verb If someone nobbles an important group of people such as a committee, they offer them money or threaten them in order to make them do something. [British, informal] The trial was stopped before Christmas after allegations of attempts to nobble the jury. [VERB noun] Synonyms: influence, square, win over, pay off [informal] 2. verb If someone nobbles a racehorse, they deliberately harm it, often using drugs, in order to prevent it from winning a race. [British, informal] ...the substance used to nobble two horses at Doncaster. [VERB noun] Synonyms: disable, handicap, weaken, incapacitate 3. verb If someone nobbles your plans or chances of succeeding, they prevent you from achieving what you want. [British, informal] His opportunity to re-establish himself had been nobbled by the manager's tactics. [be VERB-ed] |
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