strangling
节流；扼死；抑制
例句
The current monetary policy is strangling the economy.
现行货币政策抑制了经济的发展。
《牛津词典》
The country's economic plight is strangling its scientific institutions.
这个国家的经济困境正在抑制其科研机构的发展。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
They were prepared to put people out of work and reduce consumption by strangling the whole economy.
他们准备让人们失业、降低消费，由此来遏制整个经济。
