bot·tle·neck
noun/ˈbɒtlnek/
/ˈbɑːtlnek/
- a narrow or busy section of road where the traffic often gets slower and stops
瓶颈路段（常引起交通阻塞） - He drove around the outside of the town to avoid the bottleneck in the centre.
他开车绕过镇外，以避免市中心的交通堵塞。 - a traffic bottleneck
交通瓶颈 - Opponents argue that the traffic lights would cause a bottleneck at the junction.
反对者认为交通灯会在路口造成瓶颈。
- He drove around the outside of the town to avoid the bottleneck in the centre.
- anything that delays development or progress, particularly in business or industry
（尤指工商业发展的）瓶颈，阻碍，障碍 - to create/eliminate bottlenecks in the manufacturing process
创建/消除制造过程中的瓶颈
- to create/eliminate bottlenecks in the manufacturing process