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VERB
掐死;勒死;掐住…的脖子;使窒息
To throttle someone means to kill or injure them by squeezing their throat or tightening something around it and preventing them from breathing.
例句
The attacker then tried to throttle her with wire...
然后襲擊者企圖用電線勒死她。
He throttled her and hid her body.
他掐死她后把她的尸體藏了起來。
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VERB
阻擋;阻礙;壓制;扼殺
If you say that something or someone is throttling a process, institution, or group, you mean that they are restricting it severely or destroying it.
例句
He said the overvaluation of sterling was throttling industry.
他認為英鎊價值過高阻礙了工業發展。
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N-COUNT
(汽車、飛機的)節流閥，油門桿，油門踏板
The throttle of a motor vehicle or aircraft is the device, lever, or pedal that controls the quantity of fuel entering the engine and is used to control the vehicle's speed.
例句
He gently opened the throttle, and the ship began to ease forward...
他輕輕松開油門桿，輪船開始緩緩前行。
You have to push the throttle forward for more power.
你得把油門桿往前推來加大馬力。
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N-UNCOUNT
功率;馬力
Throttle is the power that is obtained by using a throttle.
例句
...motor bikes revving at full throttle.
全速行駛的摩托車
...a little more throttle.
馬力再大點
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PHRASE
全速地;滿懷熱情地
If you say that something is done at full throttle, you mean that it is done with great speed and enthusiasm.
例句
He lived his life at full throttle.
他過著激情四射的生活。