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单词 tourniquet
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Examplesoftourniquet

tourniquet
Let the world apply the economictourniquetand that flickering flame of change will be turned into a barrier of self-defence.
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It is applying atourniquetto the lifeblood of industry.
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Then a sharp turn of thetourniquetwas necessary to stop our lifeblood from flowing away.
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I used the analogy of thetourniquetas an example.
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I fear that we turned thetourniquettoo tightly when dealing with an inflationary surge.
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Be that as it may, the hæmorrhage could not have been allowed to continue, and atourniquetof some kind was required.
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It took forty years to set the railways free from that commercialtourniquet.
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It is still far too much: but at least atourniquethas been applied and is beginning to work.
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I regarded that as atourniquetapplied in a crisis situation in which certain measures had to be taken.
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It is like applying atourniquetto stop the flow of blood.
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So all three elements in what up till now has been a relatively flexible system will be tightened up into a tripletourniquet.
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This country was undoubtedly bleeding to death, financially and industrially, and the first thing to do was to apply atourniquet.
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Tourniquets of all kinds are being put upon our road transport system and what is the result?
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It is as if in the case of the human body you were to apply tourniquets to stop the circulation of the blood.
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I regard them as being like atourniquet.
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