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suf.fo.cate (obj)5sQf7E7keItvto (cause someone to) die because of a lack of oxygen（使）窒息，（使）闷死The report said that the victims had suffocated in the fumes. [I]报告说那些受害者是被烟熏死的。She suffocated him by holding a pillow over his head until he stopped moving. [T]她用枕头压住他的头直到他不动为止，把他闷死了。(fig. infml) I've got to open the window--it's suffocating (= uncomfortably hot and lacking fresh air) in here! [I]我得把窗户打开----这儿太闷了！To suffocate something is to prevent its advancement and positive development.阻止…的发展The democratic press, he said, was suffocated by the tyrannical gorernment. [T]他说专制政府窒息了民主报刊。It remains to this day a land of antiquated social rules and suffocating traditions. [I]这个国家至今仍然是一个陈旧社会法则和压抑传统占上风的国家。
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