Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense nobbles, present participle nobbling, past tense, past participle nobbled
1VERB 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]
The trial was stopped before Christmas after allegations of attempts to nobble the jury. [VERB noun]
2VERB (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]
...the drug used to nobble two horses at Doncaster. [VERB noun]
3VERB 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]
His opportunity to re-establish himself had been nobbled by the manager's tactics. [beVERB-ed]