ADVERB | VERB + STRANGLE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤almost, half, nearly, practically幾乎掐死;勒得半死➤slowly慢慢勒死VERB + STRANGLE➤try to試圖勒死PREPOSITION➤with用⋯勒死◇He was strangled with a scarf.他被人用圍巾勒死了。PHRASES➤be found strangled被發現窒息而死▸➤be strangled to death窒息而死▸➤strangle sb/sth at birth (BrE, oftenfigurative) 把⋯扼殺在搖籃裏◇This project should have been strangled at birth.這個項目早該被扼殺在搖籃裏。