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

• Countries that make an early break run the risk that higher rates and a stronger currency choke off the recovery.
  提前加息的国家面临较高利率和本币走强扼杀经济复苏的风险。
• Meanwhile, mushrooming mortgage losses at various federally controlled lenders could choke off some of the credit flowing to households.
  与此同时，诸多由联邦政府控制的银行抵押贷款亏损激增，可能会阻止一部分信贷流入家庭。
• 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。
• 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。
• The first chance to choke off the flow for good should come in about a week.
  第一个能阻止石油流的好机会大约一周左右会出现。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。