choke off中止做; 使放弃做
例句:They'd ruthlessly choked off all opposition to their plans.
他们无情地把反对他们的方案都压制下去了。
It was a thankless job, so we choked him off before long.
那是一件吃力不讨好的事情, 所以我们很快就不让他做了。
1.In an official alert to its 188 member countries, Interpol warned of what it called a "strong likelihood" of violent attacks should the Koran burning go ahead.
参考翻译:
在向188个成员国发布的正式预警中,国际刑警组织警告称,如果焚烧可兰经的行动继续进行,“极有可能”发生暴力袭击。
结构分析:
should倒装
虚拟条件句的从句部分如果含有were, should, 或had, 可将if省略,再把were, should或had 移到从句句首,实行倒装。
Were they here now, they could help us.
=If they were here now, they could help us.
Had you come earlier, you would have met him
=If you had come earlier, you would have met him.
Should it rain, the crops would be saved.
=Were it to rain, the crops would be saved.
2.Mr Noble said that September 11th was a day when the world should come together to fight terrorism, not a day for provocative acts which will only serve to inspire more attacks against the United States.