strangling
n. 扼殺
v. 扼死( strangle的現在分詞 ); 使窒息; 抑制; 壓制
To strangle someone means to kill them by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe.
He tried to strangle a border policeman and steal his gun...
他企圖勒死一名邊防警察並偷走他的槍。
He was almost strangled by his parachute harness straps.
他差點被自己的降落傘吊帶勒死。
To strangle something means to prevent it from succeeding or developing.
The country's economic plight is strangling its scientific institutions...
該國的經濟困境阻礙了其科研機構的工作進展。
His creative drive has been strangled by his sense of political guilt.
他的創造慾望已被他的政治負罪感扼殺了。
1. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe;
The country's economic plight is strangling its scientific institutions.
該國的經濟困境阻礙了其科研機構的工作進展。
The strangling hero sprang up with a relieving snort.
這位被水澆得透不過氣來的英雄猛地從地上爬起來,噴了噴鼻子,舒服了些.
This tight collar is strangling me.
這個緊領使我有窒息之感.
Massive external debt is strangling economic progress.
沉重的外債正在窒息經濟的發展.
Values bottleneck : Are you strangling your own firm's throat?
價值瓶頸: 是你自己限制了公司的發展 嗎 ?