vt.

1. 扼死；勒死；絞死
2. 扼住，悶住，使窒息
3. 抑制，壓制
   Creativity is being strangled by financial pressures.

   創造力被經濟上的重重壓力抑制住了。

vi.

1. 被扼死；被勒死；被絞死
2. 窒息而死

v.

1. squeeze or constrict the neck of, especially so as to cause death.
2. suppress or hinder (an impulse, action, or sound).