chokehold

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COCA.33121

英英释义

noun

• a restraining hold
  1. he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled
  Synonym:choke hold
• complete power over a person or situation
  1. corporations have a stranglehold on the media
  2. the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public
  Synonym:strangleholdthrottlehold

双语例句

• A report by the International Crisis Group earlier this year noted the return of long-simmering political disputes, alongside "a domineering approach" from the SPLM, saying it has "a chokehold" on institutions.
  国际危机组织（internationalcrisisgroup）在今年早些时候的一份报告中指出，长期隐而未发的政治纷争将重新出现，加上splm的“专横作派”，这会扼住各项制度的“咽喉”。
• The high Arctic will become just such a strategic chokehold, with huge natural resources to boot.
  高纬度北极地区将变成一处类似的战略要地，脚下踩着庞大的自然资源。
• Take for example the highly effective chokehold.
  比如最有效的扼住喉咙。