choke off

基本解释

Power supergrid plan to protect Europe from Russian threat to choke off energy
在确信必须摆脱对俄罗斯和东欧的能源依赖之后，欧盟委员会在其第二份《战略性能源评估报告》中发布了超级电网计划和其他一系列创造更多能源供给渠道的措施。
Any group that harnessed this economic dissatisfaction could possibly pose a threat to his rule, and the president therefore appears to be trying to choke off the most likely source.
任何利用这场经济不满的集团都有可能对他的统治构成威胁, 因此, 总统似乎正尝试着遏制最有可能发展成这种集团的源头.
The worry, however, is that firms and households burdened by debt are in no mood to invest or spend more, and the extra budgetary restraint could choke off recovery.
然而，令人担心的是，企业和家庭受债务负担的影响，完全没有心情去更多地投资或消费，并且额外的预算约束可能会阻碍复苏。

Poorly designed regulations can choke off competition and the capital that businesses need to thrive.
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One was a financial crisis, brought on by reckless speculation that threatened to choke off all lending.
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However, this disruption brings more opportunities and policymakers should not slow or even choke off these processes.
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