"If you call out I'll throttle you," Trent said. "Now listen. Francis is in England and, unless Monty is produced, will tell the whole story. I shall do the best I can for all of us, but I'm not going to have Monty done to death. Come, let's have the truth."
Da Souza was grey now with a fear greater even than a physical one. He had been so near wealth. Was he to lose everything? Trent," he whispered, "my dear friend, have reason.英文原著 · 《A Millionaire of Yesterday》
Eh well! Tell me how long it takes to prepare the earthquake?'
`A long time, I suppose,' said Defarge. `But when it is ready, it takes place, and grinds to pieces everything before it. In the meantime, it is always preparing, though it is not seen or heard. That is your consolation. Keep it.'
She tied a knot with flashing eyes, as if it throttled a foe. `I tell thee,' said madame, extending her right hand, for emphasis, `that although it is a long time on the road, it is on the road and coming. I tell thee it never retreats, and never stops.英文原著 · 《A TALE OF TWO CITIES》
Stockmann. Yes, and you are just the man to do it. If I don't come to the rescue of the "People's Messenger," you will certainly take an evil view of the affair; you will hunt me down, I can well imagine--pursue me--try to throttle me as a dog does a hare.英文原著 · 《An Enemy of the People》
Had I been more of a philosopher I should have wasted no second thought on the Baron von Herisau. But the Nemesis of the knowledge which I had throttled poor Otto Lindenschmidt's ghost to obtain had come upon me at last, and there was no rest for me until I had discovered who and what was the Baron. The list of guests which the landlord gave me whetted my curiosity to a painful degree; for on it I found the entry: "Aug. 15.--Otto V. Herisau, Rentier, East Prussia."英文原著 · 《Beauty and The Beast》
The hoarse siren of a ferryboat bellowed through the murk. Bud started the engine, throttled it down to his liking, and left it to warm up for the flight. He ate another banana, thinking lazily that he wished he owned this car. For the first time in many a day his mind was not filled and boiling over with his trouble. Marie and all the bitterness she had come to mean to him receded into the misty background of his mind and hovered there, an indistinct memory of something painful in his life.英文原著 · 《Cabin Fever》
A street car slipped past, bobbing down the track like a duck sailing over ripples. A local train clanged down to the depot and stood jangling its bell while it disgorged passengers for the last boat to the City whose wall of stars was hidden behind the drizzle and the clinging fog. People came straggling down the sidewalk--not many, for few had business with the front end of the waiting trains. Bud pushed the throttle up a little. His fingers dropped down to the gear lever, his foot snuggled against the clutch pedal.英文原著 · 《Cabin Fever》
I was in my Tiara 4300, throttle open, shakin' on the chop so hard, my dick chafed.美剧 · 《Billions》
All of a sudden, markov went full throttle, flaps down.美剧 · 《Lie to me》
I'm gonna cut his throttle cable when he goes back inside.美剧 · 《Shameless》
I don't know how he's riding without the throttle cable.美剧 · 《Shameless》