Stranglehold
n. 勒颈, 压制自由, 抑制, 束缚
📖 牛津释义
stranglehold
n
(a) strangling grip 扼制; 压制; 束缚.
(b) (usu sing 通常作单数) ~ (on sth) (fig 比喻) firm control, making it impossible for sth to grow or develop properly 控制某事物; 使某事物不能正常成长或发展
The new tariffs have put a stranglehold on trade. 新的关税制对开展贸易极为不利.
🗣️ 情景例句
was supposed to be made into a community center
原计划改成一个社区交谊中心
Tell me, is it a boy?
喂，你是男孩吗？
Other books are for reading slowly and carefully. If it is a book on a subject that you are interested in, you will want to chew and digest it. That does not mean reading it too slowly. When you pick up a book for the first time, check that it is not to
还有一些书是要慢慢地、仔细地阅读的。如果有一本书谈论的题目你很感兴趣，你就想“咀嚼、消化它”。这并不意味着要读得太慢。当你第一次拿起一本书的时候，你得检查一下，这本书不是太难读。除非从头几页书中你能看出这是一本你容易读懂的书，否则你就不要去读它。