柯林斯詞典strangle /?str??ɡ?l/ (strangling,strangled,strangles) 1. V-T To strangle someone means to kill them by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe. 扼死 He tried to strangle a border policeman and steal his gun. 他試圖扼死一位邊防警察并偷走他的槍。2. V-T To strangle something means to prevent it from succeeding or developing. 抑制 The country's economic plight is strangling its scientific institutions. 這個(gè)國(guó)家的經(jīng)濟(jì)困境正在抑制其科研機(jī)構(gòu)的發(fā)展。 返回 strangle劍橋詞典to kill someone by pressing their throat so that they cannot breathe 扼死，勒死，掐死 She had been strangled with her own scarf and her body dumped in the woods . 她被人用她自己的圍巾勒死，棄尸于樹林里。 to stop something from developing 抑制，壓制；扼殺 For years , the organization was strangled by excessive bureaucracy . 該機(jī)構(gòu)多年來因官僚主義作風(fēng)嚴(yán)重，發(fā)展受到阻滯。 There is a great deal of fear that the new restrictions might strangle the country's economy . 很多人害怕新的限制措施會(huì)抑制國(guó)家的經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展。 習(xí)語strangle sth at birth 返回 strangle