stranglehold
n
(a) strangling grip 扼制; 压制; 束缚.
(b) (usu sing 通常作单数) ~ (on sth) (fig 比喻) firm control, making it impossible for sth to grow or develop properly 控制某事物; 使某事物不能正常成长或发展
The new tariffs have put a stranglehold on trade. 新的关税制对开展贸易极为不利.
🗣️ 情景例句
Right now, we should clean up this room.
现在, 我们应当清理一下房间。
Whatever you say.
随便你。
The ideal to be aimed at was to devise an instrument that could record with a pen on paper,