choke off

英 [tʃəʊk ɒf]

美 [tʃoʊk ɔːf]

抑制，限制（经济增长）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 抑制，限制(经济增长)
  Tochoke offfinancial growth means to restrict or control the rate at which a country's economy can grow.
  1. They warned the Chancellor that raising taxes in the Budget could choke off the recovery.
     他们警告财政大臣说，预算中税收的提高将阻碍经济复苏。

英英释义

verb

• suppress
  1. He choked down his rage
  Synonym:choke downchoke back
• become or cause to become obstructed
  1. The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
  2. The water pipe is backed up
  Synonym:clogclog upback upcongestchokefoul

双语例句

• The procedure would effectively choke off the lines and openings of the old blowout preventer that failed to shut off the flow of oil after the explosion on the drilling rig in April.
  过程可以地封闭原有防喷器的管线和开口，部位在水上钻台四月爆炸后都无法止住原油从海底涌出。
• In practice, the extra inspections of shipping containers and the campaign to choke off terror finance made hardly any difference.
  事实上，对海运集装箱的额外检查和遏制恐怖主义资金的行动几乎没有造成任何影响。
• That reluctance reflects fears that higher rates could choke off domestic recovery and push up Asian currencies against the US dollar, harming trade prospects.
  这种不情愿反映出官方的担心，即利率上调可能扼杀国内复苏，并推高亚洲货币兑美元的汇率，从而损害本国的贸易前景。
• In a letter to the Group of 20 leading economies in advance of their summit in Cannes beginning on Thursday, the IIF said that demands for banks to raise fresh capital threatened to choke off the supply of credit to businesses and provoke more sell-offs in sovereign debt.
  在致20国集团的一封信中，国际金融协会表示，要求银行增加资本可能会妨碍向企业提供信贷，并使更多的主权债券遭到抛售。20国集团将于周四在戛纳召开峰会。
• When did the enemy choke off our supplies?
  敌人是什么时候切断我们的供给线的？
• Nevertheless, the growing interest from investors is a sign of stabilisation, making it less likely that worsening commercial real estate conditions will sink banks and choke off a US recovery.
  尽管如此，投资者兴趣渐浓是商用房地产企稳的一个信号，使该行业形势恶化拖垮银行、威胁到美国经济复苏的可能性有所下降。
• The first chance to choke off the flow for good should come in about a week.
  第一个能阻止石油流的好机会大约一周左右会出现。
• But over the summer and fall, tightened local lending collided with the global financial crisis to choke off easy credit.
  但夏秋两季，当地信贷收紧，又恰逢全球金融危机，宣告了信贷宽松政策的结束。
• As Gaddafi forces seek to choke off the town – the last stand of'Free'Libya in the west of the country – an information blackout has reigned, cutting power supplies and phone networks.
  当卡扎菲的军队开始围困这座“自由”利比亚在西部的最后一个据点时，（那里的）消息断绝了，电力没有了，电话也不通了。
• They do not want to choke off nascent markets, for understandable competitive reasons.
  出于可以理解的竞争因素考虑，这些国家不想扼杀新兴的市场。