hamstrung

power producers are hamstrung by market forces on inputs and by the diktats of a centrally-planned economy on pricing.

投入方面的市场力量和中央计划经济对定价的限制，绑住了电力生产商的手脚。

It came to an end on May 8, and it may be the show with the largest and most lasting influence, having produced a new kind of heroine, one no longer hamstrung by the traditional expectations of easy emotion or instant "likability."

5月8日，《傲骨贤妻》完结，这部剧最大和最深远的影响或许就在于创造了一种新式女主人公，她不再被感情简单的和一眼就能“招人喜欢”的传统期望拖累。

This presented with unconcealed bitterness, yet also with a mordant wit, the frustrations felt by young scientists trying to get the war won and over with, and hamstrung by games of one-upmanship and empire-defending.

其中带着刻薄的风趣，表现了难以掩盖的辛酸，年轻的科学家们希望结束并赢得战争，但面对高高在上的帝国作风，他们束手无策。