nobble + noun (a person or animal)
常用于赛马语境，指通过下药使马无法获胜。
They tried to nobble the horse before the race.
他们试图在比赛前用药使那匹马失去能力。
绑架；劫持
给…下药；用药使…丧失能力；偷走；盗取；绑架至秘密地点以勒索赎金；下药使失去行动能力；偷走他人财物
kidnap someone; take someone away, usually to demand money
绑架至秘密地点以勒索赎金
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
下药使失去行动能力
disable by drugging
偷走他人财物
make off with belongings of others
一般现在时
He nobbles horses to fix races.
他通过下药让马跑不快来操纵比赛。
一般过去时
They nobbled the witness before the trial.
他们在审判前收买了证人。
现在进行时
The gang is nobbling the opposition's key players.
该团伙正在对反对派的关键人物进行贿赂。
The bookmaker was arrested for trying to nobble the racehorse.
那个赌马经纪人因试图给赛马下药而被捕。
用法提示：本句中 nobble 意为 '通过下药使（马）丧失能力'，用作及物动词。
They nobbled the witness by offering him a large sum of money.
他们通过提供一大笔钱买通了证人。
用法提示：本句中 nobble 意为 '收买、贿赂'，用作及物动词。
Someone had nobbled the security system, so the alarm didn't go off.
有人破坏了安全系统，所以警报没有响。
用法提示：本句中 nobble 意为 '破坏、使失效'，用作及物动词。
常用于赛马语境，指通过下药使马无法获胜。
They tried to nobble the horse before the race.
他们试图在比赛前用药使那匹马失去能力。
被动形式强调马或参赛者遭受暗算。
The favorite was nobbled and lost the race.
热门马被下药后输掉了比赛。
grammar · medium
易错句子The thief nobled the guard.
正确表达The thief nobbled the guard.
中文学习者常因拼写相似将'nobble'误拼为'noble'。'Noble'是形容词，意为'高尚的'，而'nobble'是动词，意为'用药物使失去能力'。
grammar · medium
易错句子The villain nobbled without anyone noticing.
正确表达The villain nobbled the racehorse without anyone noticing.
'Nobble'是及物动词，必须后接宾语（被下药的人或动物）。中文学习者可能受母语影响忽略宾语，导致句子不完整或意义不清。
发音相似，但nobble意为（用药物）使失去能力或诈骗，而nibble指小口吃
发音相似，但nobble指使失去能力，而hobble指行走困难
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