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

• Gazprom's warning came as the western countries 'energy watchdog said high oil prices were needed to choke off demand and bring the market into balance.
  与此同时，西方国家的能源监督机构表示，要抑制需求，令市场达到平衡，高油价是必需的。
• 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。
• Yet it is also essential that nations resist the temptation to overcorrect by imposing regulations that would stifle innovation and choke off growth.
  国家也要避免矫枉过正而导致限制创新和中断增长。
• Treasury borrowing of existing savings would drive up the interest rate and choke off economic activity ( Paul Craig Roberts)
  国库从现有储蓄中借款会迫使利率上升和使经济活动停滞（保罗克雷格罗伯茨）
• However, there are concerns that sharp falls in major Asian equity markets could damp investor sentiment and choke off this source of growth just as global fund groups gear up for a major sales drive.
  然而，就在全球基金业加速重大出售举动之时，市场担心，亚洲主要股市的大幅下跌可能抑制投资者人气，并扼杀这一增长源。
• When did the enemy choke off our supplies?
  敌人是什么时候切断我们的供给线的？
• 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。
• He predicted that rapid spending cuts would choke off the economic recovery that was under way when the chancellor took office in2010.
  他为不能如此的削减开支而辩护，他预言如此下去将会阻止自2010年奥斯伯恩先生就任财政大臣以来的经济复苏。
• In a letter to the Group of 20 leading economies in advance of their summit in Cannes beginning on Thursday, the IIF said that demands for banks to raise fresh capital threatened to choke off the supply of credit to businesses and provoke more sell-offs in sovereign debt.
  在致20国集团的一封信中，国际金融协会表示，要求银行增加资本可能会妨碍向企业提供信贷，并使更多的主权债券遭到抛售。20国集团将于周四在戛纳召开峰会。
• 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。