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"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。