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asphyxiate的意思_音标_例句

asphyxiate

音标

英式:/əsˈfɪksieɪt/

美式:/æsˈfɪksiˌeɪt/

词性与释义

动词(v.)

及物动词(vt.):使窒息,通过阻止空气进入肺部导致人或动物无法呼吸而生病或死亡。
例:The workers were asphyxiated by toxic fumes in the factory.(工人们在工厂中被有毒气体窒息。)

不及物动词(vi.):窒息,因缺氧而无法呼吸。
例:The victim asphyxiated after the airway was blocked.(受害者气道堵塞后窒息而亡。)

名词形式

asphyxiation(/æsˌfɪksiˈeɪʃən/):窒息(状态或过程)。
例:We thought we would die of asphyxiation on that crowded train.(在拥挤的火车上,我们以为会窒息而死。)

词形变化

过去式/过去分词:asphyxiated

现在分词:asphyxiating

第三人称单数:asphyxiates

同义词

smother(使窒息)、suffocate(窒息)、stifle(抑制呼吸)、choke(呛噎)

短语搭配

be asphyxiated by:被……窒息
例:The men were asphyxiated by smoke.(这些人被烟雾窒息。)

die of asphyxiation:死于窒息
例:Several prisoners died of asphyxiation in the overcrowded cell.(多名囚犯在拥挤的牢房中死于窒息。)

asphyxiate a fire:窒息灭火(通过隔绝氧气灭火)

例句

Business must adapt to this new psychology or asphyxiate.(企业必须适应这种新心态,否则会“窒息”而亡。)

We must trace the source of these noxious gases before they asphyxiate us.(在有毒气体窒息我们之前,必须找到其来源。)

They can asphyxiate you, burn you, bury you alive, or crush you under debris.(它们会让你窒息、烧伤、活埋,或被废墟压碎。)

The patient was asphyxiated by a foreign object stuck in the throat.(患者因喉部异物窒息。)

The fire department warned that closed spaces can quickly asphyxiate people during a gas leak.(消防部门警告,气体泄漏时密闭空间会迅速使人窒息。)

Prolonged exposure to carbon monoxide can asphyxiate even healthy adults.(长期暴露于一氧化碳中,即使健康成人也会窒息。)

The plant’s roots were asphyxiated by waterlogged soil.(植物根部因土壤积水而“窒息”。)

Rescuers found the hiker asphyxiated in a snowdrift.(救援人员发现徒步者在雪堆中窒息。)

The chemical reaction produces fumes that can asphyxiate if inhaled.(该化学反应产生的烟雾吸入后可导致窒息。)

The report concluded that the cause of death was asphyxiation due to manual strangulation.(报告认定死因是手动扼杀导致的窒息。)

词源与背景

asphyxiate 源自希腊语 asphyxia(窒息),由 a-(无)+ sphyx(脉搏)构成,原指“无脉搏”,18世纪后演变为“窒息”。医学上,它特指因氧气不足或呼吸道阻塞导致的呼吸障碍。

无论是描述生理危险还是比喻企业困境,asphyxiate 都传递着“生命或活力被压制”的紧迫感。下次遇到密闭空间的安全警示时,你或许会更敏锐地联想到这个词背后的致命风险

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