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单词

stranglehold

读音
ˈstræŋɡlhoʊld
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释义

n. 束缚;勒颈

例句

The company now had a stranglehold on the market.
这家公司现在垄断了市场。
These companies are determined to keep a stranglehold on the banana industry.
这些公司决定对香蕉业进行压制。
The scheme was overtaken by the economic crisis, and the stranglehold of BAA and BA, both of which have a lot invested in Heathrow, has prevented its revival.
该计划被经济危机所取代,英国机场管理局和英国航空公司对希思罗机场进行了大量投资,这两家公司的严格控制阻碍了希思罗机场的复兴。

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So it's time we make a promiseof a world in which we've broken the strangleholdthat nuclear weapons have on our imaginations;
ugly gun lobby legislation passed over the last dark decade.The stranglehold of the gun lobby is clearly being broken.We've seen President Obama's historic executive actions.
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