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小词详解 | throttle
throttle 英 [ˈθrɒtl] 美 [ˈθrɑːtl]
Sanctions are now increasingly used in conjunction with other restrictions to throttle China.
现在,制裁被越来越多地与其他限制措施联合使用以压制中国。
——《经济学人》The easing takes some pressure off banks, which have complained that the new guidelines would throttle lending and hurt economic growth.
放松规定可以部分减轻银行的压力,因为银行曾抱怨新规定会限制贷款并损害经济增长。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 掐死或勒死(某人)
他徒手掐死了卫兵,然后把卫兵的枪藏在了竹丛里。
He throttled the guard with his bare hands and then secreted the guard's gun in the bamboo thicket.有时他真让我讨厌,我恨不得掐死他或者拧断他的脖子。
Sometimes he annoys me so much that I could throttle him or wring his neck.
对公共经费的挥霍正在阻碍新计划的开展。
The squandering of public funds is throttling the development of new programmes.
船长让船开足马力全速行驶。但一阵疾风吹翻了他的船。
The captain of the boat had his engines at full throttle. But a flurry of wind upset his boat.那个无视法律的流浪汉过着激情四射的生活。
The tramp who flouts the law lived his life at full throttle.
She tied a knot with flashing eyes, as if it throttled a foe.
她的眼睛里冒着火,手上抽紧了一个结,好像掐死了一个敌人。
choke: (of a person or animal) have severe difficulty in breathing because of a constricted or obstructed throat or a lack of air strangle: squeeze or constrict the neck of (a person or animal), especially so as to cause death garrotte: kill (someone) by strangulation, especially with a length of wire or cord