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

• 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。
• 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。
• Treasury borrowing of existing savings would drive up the interest rate and choke off economic activity ( Paul Craig Roberts)
  国库从现有储蓄中借款会迫使利率上升和使经济活动停滞（保罗克雷格罗伯茨）
• 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。
• Meanwhile, mushrooming mortgage losses at various federally controlled lenders could choke off some of the credit flowing to households.
  与此同时，诸多由联邦政府控制的银行抵押贷款亏损激增，可能会阻止一部分信贷流入家庭。
• To choke off their ability to function effectively.
  来让他们运转不畅。
• Moscow is seeking to prevent Europe from re-exporting Russian gas to Ukraine, threatening to choke off a lifeline for Kiev and deepen the energy crunch it faces this winter.
  莫斯科正寻求阻止欧洲将俄罗斯天然气再出口至乌克兰，威胁要切断基辅的生命线，加剧乌克兰在今年冬天面临的能源危机。
• World trade was surprisingly resilient over the summer but the growth rate remains on a negative trend as the global economic downturn threatens to choke off demand, according to an indicator of international goods commerce.
  一项国际商品贸易指标显示，今年夏季，全球贸易意外表现出了很强的弹性，但随着全球经济低迷可能抑制需求，全球贸易增长仍呈下滑趋势。
• 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。
• The procedure would effectively choke off the lines and openings of the old blowout preventer that failed to shut off the flow of oil after the explosion on the drilling rig in April.
  过程可以地封闭原有防喷器的管线和开口，部位在水上钻台四月爆炸后都无法止住原油从海底涌出。