Strangulation is killing someone by pressing on their throat so they cannot breathe — or the fact of dying that way. It is the formal noun, the one used by police, doctors, courts and news reports: 'death by strangulation', 'the post-mortem showed strangulation'.

Strangulation is killing someone by pressing on their throat so they cannot breathe指的是壓住某人的喉嚨讓他無法呼吸而致死 — or the fact of dying that way或是指用這種方式死亡這件事。It is the formal noun這是正式的名詞用法 the one used by police, doctors, courts and news reports警方、醫生、法庭和新聞報導都用它：'death by strangulation', 'the post-mortem showed strangulation'像'death by strangulation'（勒斃身亡）、'the post-mortem showed strangulation'（驗屍顯示是勒死的）。

In ordinary talk people use the verb instead — 'he was strangled' — so if you are describing a crime in conversation, the verb is the natural choice and the noun sounds like a report.

In ordinary talk在日常對話裡 people use the verb instead大家會改用動詞 — 'he was strangled'像'he was strangled' — so if you are describing a crime in conversation所以如果你是在聊天時描述一件犯罪 the verb is the natural choice and the noun sounds like a report動詞才是自然的選擇，名詞聽起來就像在唸報告。

Doctors use it in a second, quite different way, for a body part whose blood supply is cut off by being squeezed: a strangulated hernia is a serious emergency because that piece of bowel is being throttled and will die. And it turns up as a metaphor for choking something non-living — 'the strangulation of free speech', 'the slow strangulation of small businesses by rules' — meaning something is being squeezed until it cannot function.

Doctors use it in a second, quite different way醫生還會用它來指一種完全不同的第二種意思 for a body part whose blood supply is cut off by being squeezed指身體某個部位因為被擠壓而血流被截斷：a strangulated hernia is a serious emergency因為a strangulated hernia（嵌頓性疝氣）是很嚴重的急症 because that piece of bowel is being throttled and will die因為那段腸子正被掐住，會壞死。And it turns up as a metaphor for choking something non-living這個字也會用來比喻扼殺沒有生命的東西 — 'the strangulation of free speech', 'the slow strangulation of small businesses by rules'像'the strangulation of free speech'（言論自由被扼殺）、'the slow strangulation of small businesses by rules'（法規慢慢扼殺小企業） — meaning something is being squeezed until it cannot function意思是某樣東西被擠壓到無法運作。

The word is heavy in every use; it is never light or casual.

The word is heavy in every use這個字不管用在哪裡都很沉重 it is never light or casual從來不會是輕鬆隨便的用法。