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one's hamstring
名词，指膝后的一条肌腱；复数形式为 hamstrings。
She injured her hamstring during the race.
她在比赛中伤到了自己的腘绳肌腱。
腘绳肌腱
hamstrings — plural of hamstring
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
腘绳肌腱
one of the tendons at the back of the knee
She injured her hamstring during the race.
她在比赛中伤到了自己的腘绳肌腱。
位于腘窝两侧、连接大腿后侧肌肉的大肌腱之一。
One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.
The budget cuts could hamstring the entire research project.
预算削减可能会使整个研究项目陷入瘫痪。
A lack of funding has hamstrung our efforts to improve the school.
资金匮乏使我们在改善学校方面的努力受阻。
They fear that new regulations will hamstring small businesses.
他们担心新法规会使小企业寸步难行。
名词，指膝后的一条肌腱；复数形式为 hamstrings。
She injured her hamstring during the race.
她在比赛中伤到了自己的腘绳肌腱。
动词，及物，表示“使无能为力”。
The new rules could hamstring small businesses.
新规定可能使小企业陷入瘫痪。
被动形式为 be hamstrung；过去分词 hamstrung（也可写作 hamstringed）。
The project was hamstrung by a lack of funding.
该项目因缺乏资金而陷入瘫痪。
Not this
He has a hamstrung injury.
Use this
He has a hamstring injury.
hamstrung 是动词 hamstring 的过去式/过去分词，意为“使无能为力”，不能作名词修饰语；表示“腘绳肌腱的”应直接用名词 hamstring 作定语，如 hamstring injury。
Not this
The project was hamstrunged by budget cuts.
Use this
The project was hamstrung by budget cuts.
hamstring 的过去分词是不规则的 hamstrung（另一种可接受形式是 hamstringed），不要将两个形式混成 hamstrunged。
Not this
The accident hamstrung his legs.
Use this
The accident paralyzed his legs.
hamstring 作动词指“切断肌腱使残废”或“使无能为力”，并不等于“使瘫痪”；描述意外或疾病导致身体失去活动能力时，应使用 paralyze。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
拉伤腘绳肌腱
He pulled a hamstring while sprinting.
他冲刺时拉伤了腘绳肌腱。
腘绳肌腱损伤
A hamstring injury kept her out of the Olympics.
腘绳肌腱损伤使她无缘奥运会。
腘绳肌
The hamstring muscle runs down the back of the thigh.
腘绳肌沿大腿后侧向下延伸。
紧绷的腘绳肌
Doing yoga helps loosen tight hamstrings.
练瑜伽有助于放松紧绷的腘绳肌。
受……制约；因……而瘫痪
The company was hamstrung by outdated systems.
这家公司因过时的系统而陷入瘫痪。
使经济瘫痪
The strike could hamstring the economy.
这场罢工可能会使经济瘫痪。
受…掣肘；被…束缚
The reform is hamstrung by political opposition.
改革因政治反对而受阻。
拉伤腿后腱
She pulled a hamstring in the final.
她在决赛中拉伤了腿后腱。
Use hamstrings naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把ham（火腿）和string（绳子）联想：猪后腿肉上绑着的“绳子”就是后腿腱，割断它腿就瘫痪。
语域：mixed 常见场景：sports medicine、anatomy、business reporting、workplace discussions 名词义多用于体育、医学等场合；动词义常用作比喻，正式和中性语境都有，口语中也偶尔出现。
hamstring 的过去式和过去分词通常为 hamstrung，偶见 hamstringed。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.