"suffocates" in Chinese (Traditional)
使窒息
Definition
讓某人或某物無法呼吸,通常因為缺乏新鮮空氣;也可以指限制或扼殺事物的發展。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
既可用於字面(呼吸困難),也可用於比喻(抑制情緒、限制發展)。經常與“煙”、“人羣”或“情緒”一起使用。不要與“choke”(噎住)混淆。
Examples
Too much smoke suffocates her.
太多煙**使她窒息**。
A plastic bag suffocates small animals.
塑膠袋**使小動物窒息**。
The heat in the room suffocates us.
房間裡的高溫**使我們窒息**。
She feels like her job suffocates her creativity.
她覺得工作**扼殺**了她的創造力。
The city traffic sometimes suffocates me.
城市交通有時讓我**喘不過氣**。
All the attention sometimes suffocates him, so he needs time alone.
所有的關注有時會讓他**感到窒息**,所以他需要獨處。