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

• 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。
• The IEA said in its monthly report: Supply growth so far this year has been poor and higher prices are needed to choke off demand to balance the market.
  国际能源机构在其月度报告中称：今年以来，供应增长一直乏力，要抑制需求、令市场达到平衡，油价需要上涨。
• 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。
• Gazprom's warning came as the western countries 'energy watchdog said high oil prices were needed to choke off demand and bring the market into balance.
  与此同时，西方国家的能源监督机构表示，要抑制需求，令市场达到平衡，高油价是必需的。
• When governments do that* they impose costs on households, they impose costs on businesses, they choke off markets and they get the exact opposite effect of what they want.
  政府关闭市场往往导致家庭和企业的成本增加和市场窒息，结果事与愿违。
• They believe governments will prove reluctant to introduce overly onerous transaction taxes or limits in case they choke off vital foreign investment or trigger capital flight.
  他们认为，各国政府终究不愿出台过于繁冗的交易税或限制，以免扼杀关键的外国投资或引发资本逃逸。
• Countries that make an early break run the risk that higher rates and a stronger currency choke off the recovery.
  提前加息的国家面临较高利率和本币走强扼杀经济复苏的风险。
• Air quality problems choke off views, poison plants, and even foul water.
  被污染的空气遮挡视线，毒害植物，甚至污染水资源。
• However, there are concerns that sharp falls in major Asian equity markets could damp investor sentiment and choke off this source of growth just as global fund groups gear up for a major sales drive.
  然而，就在全球基金业加速重大出售举动之时，市场担心，亚洲主要股市的大幅下跌可能抑制投资者人气，并扼杀这一增长源。
• Higher energy prices could choke off any global economic recovery.
  能源价格上涨可能扼杀全球经济复苏。