1 VERB 收买,贿赂,恐吓(委员会等) 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. 收买,贿赂,恐吓(委员会等) [British, informal]
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The trial was stopped before Christmas after allegations of attempts to nobble the jury. [VERB noun]
企图收买陪审团的指控传出后,审判在圣诞节前中止了。
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Sir Gerald had been nobbled. [VERB noun]
杰拉尔德爵士已经被收买了。
SYN influence, square, win over, pay off [informal]
2 VERB (赛马前用药物等)害(马)使其不能取胜 If someone nobbles a racehorse, they deliberately harm it, often using drugs, in order to prevent it from winning a race. (赛马前用药物等)害(马)使其不能取胜 [British, informal]
SYN disable, handicap, weaken, incapacitate
3 VERB 阻止,阻挠(实现愿望) If someone nobbles your plans or chances of succeeding, they prevent you from achieving what you want. 阻止,阻挠(实现愿望) [British, informal]
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