choke off

英 [tʃəʊk ɒf]

美 [tʃoʊk ɔːf]

抑制，限制（经济增长）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 抑制，限制(经济增长)
  Tochoke offfinancial growth means to restrict or control the rate at which a country's economy can grow.
  1. They warned the Chancellor that raising taxes in the Budget could choke off the recovery.
     他们警告财政大臣说，预算中税收的提高将阻碍经济复苏。

英英释义

verb

• suppress
  1. He choked down his rage
  Synonym:choke downchoke back
• become or cause to become obstructed
  1. The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
  2. The water pipe is backed up
  Synonym:clogclog upback upcongestchokefoul

双语例句

• In practice, the extra inspections of shipping containers and the campaign to choke off terror finance made hardly any difference.
  事实上，对海运集装箱的额外检查和遏制恐怖主义资金的行动几乎没有造成任何影响。
• All governments, especially those with the ropiest public finances, should think boldly about how to lower their debt ratios in the medium term& in ways that do not choke off nascent private demand.
  所有国家的政府，特别是那些公共财政情况糟糕的国家政府，应该大胆思索如何在中期降低它们的负债率&并确保实现该目标的手段不会阻塞刚开始出现的私人需求。
• Nevertheless, the growing interest from investors is a sign of stabilisation, making it less likely that worsening commercial real estate conditions will sink banks and choke off a US recovery.
  尽管如此，投资者兴趣渐浓是商用房地产企稳的一个信号，使该行业形势恶化拖垮银行、威胁到美国经济复苏的可能性有所下降。
• They do not want to choke off nascent markets, for understandable competitive reasons.
  出于可以理解的竞争因素考虑，这些国家不想扼杀新兴的市场。
• They believe governments will prove reluctant to introduce overly onerous transaction taxes or limits in case they choke off vital foreign investment or trigger capital flight.
  他们认为，各国政府终究不愿出台过于繁冗的交易税或限制，以免扼杀关键的外国投资或引发资本逃逸。
• The IEA said in its monthly report: Supply growth so far this year has been poor and higher prices are needed to choke off demand to balance the market.
  国际能源机构在其月度报告中称：今年以来，供应增长一直乏力，要抑制需求、令市场达到平衡，油价需要上涨。
• Inflationary pressures could force East Asian central banks to tighten monetary policy "sooner rather than later" to choke off emerging asset bubbles, the World Bank warned yesterday.
  世界银行（worldbank）昨日警告，通胀压力可能迫使东亚各国的央行“更早而不是更迟”收紧货币政策，以遏制正在浮现的资产泡沫。
• The procedure would effectively choke off the lines and openings of the old blowout preventer that failed to shut off the flow of oil after the explosion on the drilling rig in April.
  过程可以地封闭原有防喷器的管线和开口，部位在水上钻台四月爆炸后都无法止住原油从海底涌出。
• That reluctance reflects fears that higher rates could choke off domestic recovery and push up Asian currencies against the US dollar, harming trade prospects.
  这种不情愿反映出官方的担心，即利率上调可能扼杀国内复苏，并推高亚洲货币兑美元的汇率，从而损害本国的贸易前景。
• This would choke off supplies of fresh credit to the economy and lead to a more severe downturn.
  这将扼制经济中新的信贷供应，引发更为严重的经济低迷。