strangle
- v. 扼死，勒死，绞死；抑制，扼杀；抑制，压制（冲动，行动，声音）
[ 第三人称单数 strangles 现在分词 strangling 过去式 strangled 过去分词 strangled ]
英英释义
strangle [ 'stræŋgl ]
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v.
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kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
"he tried to strangle his opponent"
同义词： strangulate throttle
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conceal or hide
"strangle a yawn"
- die from strangulation
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prevent the progress or free movement of
"the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
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constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
同义词： choke
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
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kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
strangle /ˈstræŋɡəl/ CET6+ TEM4 ( strangling, strangled, strangles )
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V-T To strangle someone means to kill them by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe. 扼死
例：He tried to strangle a border policeman and steal his gun.
他试图扼死一位边防警察并偷走他的枪。
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V-T To strangle something means to prevent it from succeeding or developing. 抑制
例：The country's economic plight is strangling its scientific institutions.
这个国家的经济困境正在抑制其科研机构的发展。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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The Pandemic will take lives, strangle economies and destroy routines, but it will pass.
大流行病将夺去生命、扼杀经济、打破常规，但它终将会过去。
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Well, well, 'cried her husband crossly,' don't strangle me for that!
“好啦，好啦。”她丈夫烦恼地叫道，“不要为了这个就要把我勒死啦！”
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But future interest-rate rises in America and Europe could yet strangle any recovery.
但是，美国和欧洲未来利率的上升有可能会抑制地产业的恢复。
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You can poison them, you can strangle them, you can shoot them in the heart.
你可以下毒或是勒死他们,你可以朝他心脏开一枪
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But,anyway,these police were wrestling to the ground these mayors who were protesting,using their tri-color sashes, threatening to strangle them with their own sashes of their authority.
回到正题,这些警察和抗议的市长们,在地上扭成一团,市长们用代表职权的三色旗饰带,威胁着要把警察扼死
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