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单词 stranglehold
释义
stranglehold
noun[Cusually singular]
disapproving
uk
/ˈstræŋ.ɡəl.həʊld/us
/ˈstræŋ.ɡəl.hoʊld/
apositionofcompletecontrolthatpreventssomething fromdeveloping:
压制，钳制；束缚
The twomajorcompanieshave beentighteningtheirstrangleholdonthebeermarket.两大公司开始加强钳制啤酒市场。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Limiting and restricting
  • anti-libertarian
  • boundary
  • boxsomeone/somethingin
  • chain
  • chainsomeonetosomething
  • cramp
  • crowd
  • curb
  • curtail
  • curtailment
  • damage limitation
  • hamstring
  • keep (herself) toherselfidiom
  • limit
  • limitation
  • limiting
  • localize
  • straitjacket
  • tempered
  • tiesomeonedown
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(Definition ofstrangleholdfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

stranglehold| Business English

stranglehold
noun[C,usually singular]
disapproving
uk
/ˈstræŋɡlhəʊld/us
completecontrolover amarket, anindustry, etc. that does notallowfaircompetitionfrom otherbusinesses:
break/loosen/tighten a strangleholdTheAssociationcampaignedforAmericatobreakthe stranglehold offoreignoil.
have a stranglehold on/over sthThebanksstill have a stranglehold on thecreditcardmarket,despitemany newprovidersofferinglowerinterestrates.
(Definition ofstrangleholdfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstranglehold

stranglehold
Moreover, the nature of thisstrangleholdwas extremely tight.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But we should not let the leverage provided by patents become astrangleholdon progress.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This measure aimed to break thestrangleholdthat many plantation stores held on workers and their communities, especially during the dead season.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The annulment decision, it seems, is necessary evidence of the desire by certain segments of society to maintain theirstrangleholdon power.
From theCambridge English Corpus
For society, the society of science, read today the authoritarian discipline exercised by the university system and thestrangleholdit imposes over career promotion and research opportunity in science.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Clearly, licensers could not exert astrangleholdover what appeared in print, but they could have a decisive influence over what appeared with the full panoply of mainstream legitimacy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The attacks are therefore a way of trying to impose an even tighterstrangleholdon the communities that the paramilitaries purport to defend.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The food production chain is increasingly in thestrangleholdof the food multinationals.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The nominees of big business are getting astrangleholdon the life of the people of this country.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
European farmers are, in truth, caught in astrangleholdthat both hems them in and that hastens their extinction.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I wonder whether that in vestment will be forthcoming if the dockers get astrangleholdon this enterprising and courageous port.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Its faithful are perfectly aware that, once it is launched, democratisation will inevitably and very quickly put an end to theirstranglehold.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
They are crucial in breaking that familiarstrangleholdof suspicion which we all know exists.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There will certainly be nostranglehold, neither is it the intention that there should be.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They recognise that the manufacturers'strangleholdis almost a thing of the past.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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