asphyxiating
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
动词 v.
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present participle and gerund of asphyxiate
— To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.
形容词 adj.
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Causing asphyxiation; depriving living beings of the ability to breathe.
— If one digs a deep pit and another comes and broadens it, and an ox falls into it and dies, the rule is as follows: If the ox dies as a result of the asphyxiating atmosphere of the pit, the second person is exempt because his action has rendered the atmosphere less asphyxiating. If, however, it dies as a result of concussion, he is liable since he has increased the likelihood that the pit will cause this damage.
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Restrictive; stifling; preventing emotional or behavioral expression.
— For Kate, Dick and the theatre company represent a world of imagination, sensuality, and emotional freedom that her asphyxiating religion cannot accommodate.
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Overwhelming; breathtaking.
— But according to Gauchet's thesis, Christianity has proven to be 'a religion for departing from religion' (ibid. 4); the gradual emancipation from and death of God has trained and conditioned us Westerners to withstand the asphyxiating terror of freedom.
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词源 1
By surface analysis, asphyxiate + -ing.
词源 2
By surface analysis, asphyxiate + -ing.
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