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小词详解 | strangle
Last month Google was fined $1.7bn for strangling competition in the advertising market.
上月,谷歌因阻碍广告市场的竞争而被罚款17亿美元。
——《经济学人》His help on the strangling regulations that our country is faced with will be invaluable.
我们国家的监管法规卡得太严,他在这方面提供的帮助将是无价的。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 挤压或紧缩(人或动物)的脖子,尤指为了致其死亡
那代孕妈妈被人用她自己的围巾勒死,弃尸于树林里。
The surrogate mother had been strangled with her own scarf and her body dumped in the woods.骨头鲠住了他的喉咙,使他透不过气来。
The bone wedged in his throat and strangled him.
现行货币政策抑制了经济的发展。现在我们需要一个更加灵活的货币政策。
The current monetary policy is strangling the economy. Now we need a more supple monetary policy.该机构多年来因官僚主义作风严重,发展受到阻滞。现在有明显的迹象表明该机构的支持率正日益下降。
For years, the organization was strangled by excessive bureaucracy. Now there are overt signs that support for the organization is on the wane.
这个站不住脚的计划应该被扼杀在摇篮之中。
The feeble plan should have been strangled at birth.
这位情绪无常的女演员抑制住了抽噎。
The volatile actress strangled a sob.
Ron made a horrible strangled hissing noise.
罗恩发出一种恐怖的,像是被谁扼住了的嘶嘶的声音。
smother: kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate choke: (of a person or animal) have severe difficulty in breathing because of a constricted or obstructed throat or a lack of air garrotte: kill (someone) by strangulation, especially with a length of wire or cord