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)抑制國家的經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展。 習(xí)語strangle sth at birth 返回 strangle