stranglehold

英 [ˈstræŋɡlhəʊld]

美 [ˈstræŋɡlhoʊld]

n.  掐脖子; 卡脖子; 压制; 束缚

Collins.1 / BNC.20000 / COCA.21587

牛津词典

noun

• 掐脖子；卡脖子
  a strong hold around sb's neck that makes it difficult for them to breathe
• 压制；束缚
  complete control over sth that makes it impossible for it to grow or develop well
  1. The company now had a stranglehold on the market.
     这家公司现在垄断了市场。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 控制;约束;钳制
  To have astranglehold onsomething means to have control over it and prevent it from being free or from developing.
  1. These companies are determined to keep a stranglehold on the banana industry...
     这些公司决心要垄断香蕉业。
  2. The troops are tightening their stranglehold on the city...
     部队正在加强对该市的控制。
  3. To succeed, the new paper will need to break the stranglehold of the printing unions.
     要想获得成功的话，这份新报纸就要冲破印刷业联合会的钳制。

英英释义

noun

• a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe
• 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:chokeholdthrottlehold

双语例句

• He wants to undo the stranglehold he says the teachers unions have on politics, which in turn prevent teachers from becoming more accountable.
  他希望解除他所说的教师工会在政治问题的枷锁，因为后者反过来压制了教师责任感。
• Regulators and investors in the UK stirred an international debate on the big four amid concern that their stranglehold was having a pernicious effect on choice and quality in the audit market, and creating significant risks to financial stability.
  英国的监管机构和投资者激起了一场关于四大会计公司的国际性辩论。人们担心，四大会计公司的势力对审计市场的选择和质量产生了有害影响，对金融稳定造成了巨大风险。
• Reformers have argued that their stranglehold on the oil sector raises costs for consumers, crowds out potentially more competitive groups, and allows them to hijack policy to support their interests.
  主张改革的人士认为，这些集团霸占石油部门，提高了消费者的成本，排挤了潜在更具竞争力的企业，并且让它们出于自身利益绑架政策。
• The dark is faltering and its once-mighty stranglehold on your world is slipping.
  黑暗势力现在步履蹒跚，他们曾经强大的对你们世界控制力正在滑落。
• The troops are tightening their stranglehold on the city
  部队正在加强对该市的控制。
• The imminent collapse of the monetary system will produce amazing changes that will free all countries and peoples from the debt that had such a stranglehold on their lives.
  即将来临的金融系统的崩溃将产生奇妙的转变，那将解放所有的国家和人民，从那紧紧束缚住他们的债务中解脱出来。
• The big advantage of conventional publishers, and the main problem for anyone who wants to follow an alternative route, is the stranglehold of distribution.
  传统出版商的巨大优势，也就是想要另辟蹊径者的主要问题，就是销售瓶颈的突破。
• They have faced criticism for making big profits because of a stranglehold on financing channels.
  人们一直在批评它们通过垄断融资渠道获取巨额利润。
• Today, China is a land of cranes, massive development projects, modern cities, with street lights and mobile phones everywhere, and a stranglehold on the manufacture and shipping of just about everything the world needs.
  如今，中国到处都是起重机、大规模开发项目和现代城市，路灯和手机随处可见。世界所需一切物品的制造和运输，几乎都在中国的掌控下。
• These companies are determined to keep a stranglehold on the banana industry
  这些公司决心要垄断香蕉业。