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throt.tle obj THROATH5WrBt76, $5WrB:7t6v [T]to try to kill (someone) by pressing their throat so that they cannot breathe掐喉咙; 掐死; 使窒息She had been throttled and left for dead.有人掐了她的喉咙,使她窒息而死。(infml) Sometimes he gets me so annoyed I could throttle him.有时他真让我讨厌,我甚至想掐死他。(fig.) The reduction in funds is throttling (=preventing) the development of new programmes.经费的削减扼杀了新计划的开展。
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