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strangle + sb/sth
The murderer strangled his victim.
凶手勒死了他的受害者。
勒死；扼死；掐死
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勒死；扼死；掐死
kill someone by squeezing the throat
The murderer strangled his victim.
凶手勒死了他的受害者。
通过掐住喉咙切断氧气供应来杀死某人
To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply.
窒息、使窒息或勒死,无论受害者是否存活
To choke, suffocate or throttle, whether the victim survives or not.
压制或抑制
To stifle or suppress.
被勒死或窒息而死
To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
strangle
Base
原形
strangles
3rd person
第三人称单数
strangling
-ing
现在分词
strangled
Past
过去式
strangled
Past participle
过去分词
He strangles his opponent.
他勒死他的对手。
She strangled the snake yesterday.
她昨天勒死了那条蛇。
They are strangling the competition.
他们正在扼杀竞争。
规则动词（过去式、过去分词加-ed）
High taxes can strangle small businesses, so many owners struggle to survive.
高额税收会扼杀小企业，所以许多经营者艰难度日。
A child's confidence can be strangled by constant criticism and unrealistic expectations.
不断的批评和不切实际的期望会扼杀孩子的自信心。
The company's strict rules strangle innovation and discourage creative thinking.
公司严格的规章制度扼杀创新，阻碍创造性思维。
The murderer strangled his victim.
凶手勒死了他的受害者。
The new regulations will strangle small businesses.
新规定将扼杀小企业。
被动语态常用于描述被勒死的场景。
He was strangled with a rope.
他被一条绳子勒死了。
Not this
He strangled.
Use this
He strangled the victim.
作为及物动词，strangle 后必须接宾语。中文中可以说"他勒死了"，但英文需要明确对象。
Not this
He strangled on a fish bone.
Use this
He choked on a fish bone.
strangle 指从外部扼杀，而 choke 指气道堵塞。中文"噎住"和"勒死"不同，应使用 choke。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
勒死
The victim was strangled to death with a rope.
受害者被用绳子勒死了。
用绳索勒死
The killer strangled his victim with a cord.
凶手用绳索勒死了他的受害者。
扼杀自由
The dictatorship strangled freedom of speech.
独裁统治扼杀了言论自由。
扼杀创造力
Overly strict rules can strangle creativity in students.
过于严格的规则会扼杀学生的创造力。
扼杀经济
High taxes are strangling the economy.
高税收正在扼杀经济。
对...的扼制
The monopoly has a stranglehold on the market.
垄断对市场有扼制作用。
扼杀在摇篮中
The government's strict regulations strangled the startup in its cradle.
政府的严格规定将这家初创公司扼杀在了摇篮中。
扼杀……的生命力
Overregulation is strangling the life out of small businesses.
过度监管正在扼杀小企业的生命力。
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联想：string（绳子）+ angle（角度）→用绳子以特定角度勒住脖子。
语域：neutral 常见场景：business、creativity、personal expression 该词常用于比喻义，表示抑制或扼杀某事物的进展或自由，属于中性或偏正式的用法。
These words all share the spelling pattern '-angle' and are pronounced with the same stressed vowel /æ/ and ending /ŋɡəl/. However, note that words like 'strange' (spelled similarly but with a different vowel /eɪ/) are not rhymes. Also be careful with 'strung' etc.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.