stranglehold

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

Translation

n. 勒頸壓制,束縛 嚴格控制
Word Forms

Example Sentences

The new tariffs have put a stranglehold on trade.

新的關稅制對開展貿易極爲不利。

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

在法國,超級市場對食品供應的絕對控制程度要低一些。

The company has a stranglehold on the market.

這家公司對市場有着壟斷地位。

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

獨裁者的政權對這個國家保持着鐵腕控制。

The powerful corporation has a stranglehold on the industry.

這家強大的公司對這個行業有着壟斷地位。

The drug cartel has a stranglehold on the region.

毒品卡特爾對該地區有着鐵腕控制。

The oppressive government has a stranglehold on its citizens.

這個壓迫性的政府對其公民有着鐵腕控制。

The mafia has a stranglehold on the neighborhood.

黑手黨對這個社區有着鐵腕控制。

The landlord has a stranglehold on the tenants.

房東對租戶有着壟斷地位。

The team has a stranglehold on the championship title.

這個團隊對冠軍頭銜有着鐵腕控制。

The political party has a stranglehold on the government.

這個政黨對政府有着壟斷地位。

The wealthy elite have a stranglehold on the economy.

富裕的精英對經濟有着鐵腕控制。

Real-world Examples

Supposedly has a stranglehold on the trade.

他的交易量應該不是很大。

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

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

他安靜地笑了起來,溫柔地解開了我緊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.

但蘋果和谷歌在移動體驗方面有這種限制,他用的是這個詞。

Source: Financial Times

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

我笨拙地鬆開把他箍得死死的四肢,滑落到地上,仰躺在那裏。

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

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

福特決心繞過ALAM對汽車行業的制約。

Source: Legend of American Business Tycoons

Want me to show you some strangleholds?

要我給你們展示一下怎麼勒人脖子嗎?

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.

埃裏克·加納被警察勒死,而這種行爲是紐約警察局禁止的。尼克·布萊恩特在紐約報道。

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.

公關行爲,儘管元老院的貴族派系成員,也就是各元老怒不可遏,所謂的前三頭同盟的成員還是一直控制着羅馬的政治。

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正在對抗蘋果和谷歌對市場的壟斷,該公司負責人稱,這項法案是個人電腦領域的一個里程碑。

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.

我的父母在南方的種族隔離地區長大。他們知道,當一個羣體對特權的束縛結束時,所謂的經濟焦慮會變得多麼可怕。

Source: Time

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