ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONGESTION | CONGESTION + NOUNADJECTIVE➤chronic, serious, severe長期的堵塞;嚴重的堵塞▸➤increased, increasing加劇的擁堵;越來越擁擠▸➤highway, road, traffic公路/道路/交通堵塞◇the nation's dependence on cars and the resulting highway congestion該國對車輛的依賴和因此導致的公路堵塞◇Parking near the school causes severe traffic congestion.在學校附近泊車會引起嚴重的交通堵塞。➤downtown, urban市區/城市擁堵◇a study of downtown traffic congestion市區交通堵塞研究➤Internet, network因特網/網絡擁塞◇Engineers are hoping network congestion will become a thing of the past.工程師們希望網絡擁塞不再出現。➤chest, nasal胸悶;鼻塞VERB + CONGESTION➤cause, lead to引起擁塞;導致堵塞▸➤alleviate, avoid, ease, minimize, reduce, relieve減輕擁堵;避免擁擠;緩和堵塞;盡量減輕擁堵;減少擁堵;緩解擁堵◇measures to ease the increasing congestion in Hong Kong減輕香港日漸擁堵的交通狀況的措施➤increase, worsen加劇擁堵程度;使擁堵情況惡化CONGESTION + NOUN➤charge, pricing (both BrE) 擁堵費