chokehold

英[\'tʃəʊkˌhəʊld]

美[\'tʃoʊkˌhoʊld]

基本释义

The president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public.

总统制止了这次给公众带来不便的劳资纠纷.

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Noun

1. complete power over a person or situation;
"corporations have a strangelhold on the media"
"the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public"
2. a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind;
"he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled"