stranglehold

[ˈstræŋglhəʊld] [ˈstræŋglhoʊld]
例句
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • N-SING
    控制;约束;钳制
    To have a stranglehold on something means to have control over it and prevent it from being free or from developing.
    例句
    These companies are determined to keep a stranglehold on the banana industry... 这些公司决心要垄断香蕉业。 The troops are tightening their stranglehold on the city... 部队正在加强对该市的控制。
英汉词典释义
英英词典释义
  • Noun
    1. complete power over a person or situation;
    "corporations have a strangelhold 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