Some substances attack the brain stem causing a cessation of the breath so that one simply asphyxiates. 一些物质攻击脑干引起呼吸停止,并产生窒息。
"The government asphyxiates us," moaned Salvador Marin, the region's finance boss. “政府使我们感到窒息。”该地区的金融大亨,萨尔瓦多马林抱怨道。
Anacondas are nonvenomous constrictors, coiling their muscular bodies around captured prey and squeezing until the animal asphyxiates. 它们没有毒,捕猎时用发达的身躯缠绕住猎物一直勒到窒息。