As for europe , the old continent is hobbled by inflexible product and labour markets .

至于欧洲，这片古老的大陆正被它不太灵活的产品和劳动力市场弄得步履蹒跚。

Both twitter and youtube are hobbled as sources of news by their clumsy search engines .

无论是twitter还是youtube，由于他们笨拙的搜索引擎，使它们在作为新闻源之路上走的步履蹒跚。

The euro is hobbled by concerns about the long-term viability of the european monetary union .

而欧元，正因为欧洲货币联盟的长期可行性遭到质疑而蹒跚不前。

But , as thursday 's bleak retail sales figures reinforce , this recession has hobbled demand .

但正如周四黯淡的零售数据所体现的那样，本轮衰退阻碍了需求。

The non-oil economy has been hobbled too .

非石油经济也受到了束缚。