stranglehold

[US]/'stræŋg(ə)lhəʊld/
[UK]/'stræŋɡlhold/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 勒颈压制,束缚 严格控制
Word Forms

Example Sentences

The new tariffs have put a stranglehold on trade.

新的关税制对开展贸易极为不利。

in France, supermarkets have less of a stranglehold on food supplies.

在法国,超级市场对食品供应的绝对控制程度要低一些。

The company has a stranglehold on the market.

这家公司对市场有着垄断地位。

The dictator's regime maintained a stranglehold on the country.

独裁者的政权对这个国家保持着铁腕控制。

The powerful corporation has a stranglehold on the industry.

这家强大的公司对这个行业有着垄断地位。

The drug cartel has a stranglehold on the region.

毒品卡特尔对该地区有着铁腕控制。

The oppressive government has a stranglehold on its citizens.

这个压迫性的政府对其公民有着铁腕控制。

The mafia has a stranglehold on the neighborhood.

黑手党对这个社区有着铁腕控制。

The landlord has a stranglehold on the tenants.

房东对租户有着垄断地位。

The team has a stranglehold on the championship title.

这个团队对冠军头衔有着铁腕控制。

The political party has a stranglehold on the government.

这个政党对政府有着垄断地位。

The wealthy elite have a stranglehold on the economy.

富裕的精英对经济有着铁腕控制。

Real-world Examples

Supposedly has a stranglehold on the trade.

他的交易量应该不是很大。

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

He laughed quietly, and gently unloosened my stranglehold on his neck.

他安静地笑了起来,温柔地解开了我紧扣在他脖子上的胳膊。

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

But Apple and Google have this stranglehold, is the term he uses, on the mobile experience.

但苹果和谷歌在移动体验方面有这种限制,他用的是这个词。

Source: Financial Times

I stiffly unlocked my stranglehold on his body and slipped to the ground, landing on my backside.

我笨拙地松开把他箍得死死的四肢,滑落到地上,仰躺在那里。

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

Ford is determined to get around ALAM'S stranglehold on the auto industry.

福特决心绕过ALAM对汽车行业的制约。

Source: Legend of American Business Tycoons

Want me to show you some strangleholds?

要我给你们展示一下怎么勒人脖子吗?

Source: First Arrival (Season 2)

Eric Garner was killed by the policeman's stranglehold, a practice banned by the New York police department. Nick Bryant reports from New York.

埃里克·加纳被警察勒死,而这种行为是纽约警察局禁止的。尼克·布莱恩特在纽约报道。

Source: BBC Listening December 2014 Collection

While the members of the Senate's aristocratic faction, or optimates, seethed, the minions of the so-called First Triumvirate maintained their stranglehold on Roman politics.

公关行为,尽管元老院的贵族派系成员,也就是各元老怒不可遏,所谓的前三头同盟的成员还是一直控制着罗马的政治。

Source: The rise and fall of superpowers.

The head of Epic Games, which is fighting Apple's and Google's stranglehold on the market, described the bill as a milestone in personal computing.

Epic Games正在对抗苹果和谷歌对市场的垄断,该公司负责人称,这项法案是个人电脑领域的一个里程碑。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

My parents grew up in the Jim Crow South. They knew how scary socalled economic anxiety can get when one group's stranglehold on privilege ends.

我的父母在南方的种族隔离地区长大。他们知道,当一个群体对特权的束缚结束时,所谓的经济焦虑会变得多么可怕。

Source: Time

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