chokehold

英 ['tʃəʊkˌhəʊld] 美 ['tʃoʊkˌhoʊld]

• n. 掐脖子；压制

英英释义

Noun:

1. complete power over a person or situation;

   "corporations have a stranglehold on the media"
   "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public"
   

2. a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind;

   "he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled"
   

近反义词

【近义词】

• stranglehold 压制自由
• throttlehold 扼杀(压制)