stranglehold

英 ['stræŋɡlhəʊld] 美 ['stræŋɡlhoʊld]

• n. 压制自由；[体]勒颈

英英释义

Noun:

1. complete power over a person or situation;

   "corporations have a stranglehold on the media"
   "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public"
   

2. a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Tariffs put a stranglehold on trade.
   关税束缚了贸易。
2. He wants to break the orthodox stranglehold over marriage laws.
   他想要打破婚姻法中的正统枷锁。

近反义词

【近义词】

• throttlehold 扼杀(压制)
• power 力量
• dominion 统治
• control 掌控
• sway 摇动
• domination 支配
• monopoly 垄断
• grip 紧握
• lock 锁
• headlock 将对手之头紧挟于腋下的一...
• clinch 钉牢
• clamp 夹子
• chokehold 掐脖子