choke off

• • 使结束；阻止…的生长；切断；中止:

    The army has choked off the enemy's supplies.

    大军已经切断了敌人的补给。

  • 卡住脖子以阻止；强制(某人)放弃：

    The murderer choked off her scream.

    凶手卡住她的脖子不许她尖声喊叫。

  • 劝阻 (某人)做某事：

    I choked Katherine off by telling her it was too cold to go out.

    我向凯瑟琳说明外面太冷不能出去，劝她不要外出。

  • 严厉责备：

    His father choked him off for being drunk.

    他由于喝醉了酒而受到父亲的严厉申斥。