strangle

verb

1. 扼死；勒死；掐死
   to kill sb by squeezing or pressing on their throat and neck
   1. to strangle sb to death
      把某人掐死
   2. He strangled her with her own scarf.
      他用她自己的围巾把她勒死了。
2. 抑制；压制；扼杀
   to prevent sth from growing or developing
   1. The current monetary policy is strangling the economy.
      现行货币政策抑制了经济的发展。

1. VERB 勒死;扼死;绞死;掐死
   To strangle someone means to kill them by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe.
   1. He tried to strangle a border policeman and steal his gun...
      他企图勒死一名边防警察并偷走他的枪。
   2. He was almost strangled by his parachute harness straps.
      他差点被自己的降落伞吊带勒死。
2. VERB 抑制;制止;扼杀
   To strangle something means to prevent it from succeeding or developing.
   1. The country's economic plight is strangling its scientific institutions...
      该国的经济困境阻碍了其科研机构的工作进展。
   2. His creative drive has been strangled by his sense of political guilt.
      他的创造欲望已被他的政治负罪感扼杀了。

1. He tried to strangle a border policeman and steal his gun
   他企图勒死一名边防警察并偷走他的枪。
2. He was almost strangled by his parachute harness straps.
   他差点被自己的降落伞吊带勒死。
3. The country's economic plight is strangling its scientific institutions
   该国的经济困境阻碍了其科研机构的工作进展。
4. His creative drive has been strangled by his sense of political guilt.
   他的创造欲望已被他的政治负罪感扼杀了。
5. I could cheerfully strangle you for getting me into this mess!
   你让我这样难堪，我恨不得掐死你！
6. We're not asking you to strangle her.
   我们不是叫你扼死她。
7. That would result in capital controls and perhaps limits on bank withdrawals, which in turn would strangle commerce.
   导致银行对资金加以控制，也许对提款也设置限制，最终扼杀商业活动。
8. The one you wanted to strangle?
   就是你想把他掐死的那人？
9. I've seen snakes strangle people and swallow then whole!
   我看到过蛇勒死并生吞某个人！
10. I swear I'll strangle that cat one day.
    我肯定要在哪天勒死那只猫。
11. I'm gonna go strangle a woman with her own bathrobe.
    我这就去用她自已的睡衣把她勒死。
12. You would never strangle robert.
    你也决计不会想勒死robert。
13. You can poison them, you can strangle them, you can shoot them in the heart.
    你们能毒死他们，你们能掐死他们，你们能射击他们的心脏。
14. I guess I didn't strangle him long enough.
    我猜是勒他的劲不够。
15. Before panting little boys could strangle out the words, their mothers knew it.
    在气喘吁吁的小男孩们把话挤出来之前，他们的妈妈已经猜到他们的意思了。
16. 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！
17. If you can, I really want to strangle himself, and the hearts of the demons die.
    如果可以的话，我真想掐死自己，和心中的魔鬼同归于尽。
18. What are they trying to do, strangle us to death?
    他们要做什么，把我们掐死？
19. If he touches you, I'll strangle him with his whip.
    如果他敢碰你我就用鞭子勒死他。
20. No, we will strangle her with a neckerchief.
    不，我们将用围巾勒死她。
21. What if I strangle him, shoot him right in the head.
    如果我把他掐死，对着他的头上开一枪。
22. Through this phone and I will strangle you.
    从电话里跳出来勒死你。
23. He was, uh, he was trying to strangle me.
    他想恩他曾想勒死我。
24. I'll strangle that ferret one day.
    早晚我会勒死那只臭鼬。
25. And strangle everything we love about it.
    和我们所爱的一切。
26. I didn't strangle no one.
    我绝没勒死什么人。
27. Do you have emotions? Strangle them.
    你有激情吗？把它压抑下去。
28. I tried to strangle you in your crib.
    我曾想在婴儿床里把你掐死。
29. This can strangle the small and medium-sized enterprises that typically generate employment.
    这可能会扼杀通常是创造就业主力的中小企业。
30. I'm gonna strangle him with his own wifebeater.
    我就用他自己的汗衫把他勒死。

verb

1. struggle for breath
   1. he swallowed a fishbone and gagged

   Synonym:    gagchokesuffocate

2. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing

   Synonym:    choke

3. prevent the progress or free movement of
   1. He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather
   2. the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries

   Synonym:    hamperhaltercramp

4. die from strangulation

5. conceal or hide
   1. smother a yawn
   2. muffle one's anger
   3. strangle a yawn

   Synonym:    smotherstiflemufflerepress

6. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
   1. he tried to strangle his opponent
   2. A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes

   Synonym:    strangulatethrottle