suffocate

suffocate

英 ['sʌfəkeɪt]
　　美 ['sʌfəket]

vi. 受阻，受扼制；窒息
　　vt. 壓制，阻礙；使……窒息

中文詞源：

suffocate 使窒息，悶死

來自拉丁語 suffocare,窒息，扼住咽喉，來自 suf-,在下，fauces,喉嚨，詞源同 faucet,水龍頭。

例句：

1. The governor's proposals would actually cost millions of jobs and suffocate the economy.
總督的計劃可能會造成上百萬人失業，並束縛經濟發展。

2. A " free city " which was not genuinely free would suffocate freedom.
一個並不真正自由的 “ 自由城 ” 將使自由受到窒息.

3. She felt often she must suffocate.
她不時感到自己非窒息致死不可.

4. Improperly applied, it can suffocate the Bill of Right, turn our democracy into totalitarian state.
運用不當, 它就會扼殺權利法案, 把我們的民主政體變成極權主義國傢.

5. Are you trying to suffocate us with that putrid smell?
你是想用那討厭的氣味把我們窒息死 吧 ?