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.

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