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stranglehold

/strang-guhl-hohld/US // ˈstræŋ gəlˌhoʊld //UK // (ˈstræŋɡəlˌhəʊld) //

扼杀,扼制,掐死,绞刑

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
    • : a restraining hold in which one person uses an arm to encircle the neck of another; a chokehold.
    • : any force or influence that restricts the free actions or development of a person or thing; a stifling grip: to break the stranglehold of superstition.

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Examples

  • However, Twitch letting two of its stars depart doesn’t mean the company is losing its stranglehold on the live-streaming industry.

  • That’s a big part of it, and one we hear most often from legislators who are worried about the stranglehold big tech platforms have on our digital lives and virtual assets.

  • The NRA has an enormous stranglehold over conservative politics in America, and that development is more recent than you might think.

  • This stranglehold has driven servicing costs up nearly 250% in the past decade, and the fees are passed on directly to the borrower.

  • Marvin set the tone of the session by laying down a timeline of events to illustrate the stranglehold effect that the coronavirus placed on economic activity.

  • The professors concluded that “abstinence-only programs have a stranglehold on sexuality education in Texas public schools.”

  • The agreement lessened the stranglehold India-Pakistan tensions had put on trade in the region for decades.

  • If concluded, the sale would give Rupert Murdoch an even greater stranglehold on the British media.

  • Come to California, where the regulatory stranglehold is killing our economy.

  • Galled by the stranglehold of the religious right, he has challenged the party to open itself up to young voters and new ideas.

  • Then, indeed, the Lhari had been lying all along, the vicious lie that maintained their stranglehold monopoly of star-travel.

  • Mrs. Trapes, I've got a stranglehold on that idea, for it is rather brilliant.

  • I leaped at the smother of bodies, ripped one away with a stranglehold, slashed at its throat.

  • It gave them such a stranglehold––with the right sort of men––and Brace was the right sort.

  • He reached for the arm around his neck and began breaking it free from its stranglehold.