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[singular] a dangerous situation that is difficult to escape from 束缚;圈套;陷阱 put/stick/place your head in a noose (=to put yourself in a dangerous situation) 使自己处于危险境地;自投罗网;自寻死路 : Politically, the party has put its head in a noose. 该党在政治上已是自寻死路。
tighten the noose (=to make a situation more difficult to escape from) 勒紧绞索;使情况更加危险 : The international community was tightening the economic noose around South Africa's neck. 国际社会正在勒紧套在南非脖子上的经济绞索。
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