单词 | bottleneck |
释义 | bottleneck (bɒtəlnek ) Word forms: bottlenecks 1. countable noun A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams. 2. countable noun A bottleneck is a situation that stops a process or activity from progressing. He pushed everyone full speed ahead until production hit a bottleneck. Collocations: major bottleneck In 2005, a major bottleneck at the eastern end was removed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Improving road and transportation infrastructure helps solve this major bottleneck. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The reason for this was that pre-1976, only three tracks went through the station causing a major bottleneck in the area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, this quickly became one of the two major bottlenecks along the new superhighway. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 About 10,000 years ago, cheetahs experienced a population bottleneck following the last ice-age. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The site contains the earliest known evidence of shellfish consumption and may have saved humanity once before, during a climate-induced population bottleneck some 70,000 years earlier. Times, Sunday Times According to a popular theory, these traditions reduced the danger of inbreeding and resulting population bottleneck in small and isolated settlements. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Further deductions can sometimes be inferred from an observed population bottleneck. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has since recolonized much of its historic range, but has a population bottleneck. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Due to the production bottleneck, utilities across the world are submitting orders years in advance of any actual need, along with deposits worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In turn, digital techniques help to reduce material costs, time and resolves production bottlenecks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Production bottlenecks were mitigated and military supplies to the armed forces were maintained. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But inflation has mainly been due to import price shocks, they say, not an economy running into supply bottlenecks. Times, Sunday Times Secondly, supply bottlenecks never last. Times, Sunday Times Ministers have sought to ease supply bottlenecks with changes to planning rules, but progress remains slow. Times, Sunday Times Offers to help to ease supply bottlenecks will, again, be impossible to resist on moral grounds, and will dilute the value of the commercial opportunity. Times, Sunday Times What was once a monumental challenge has now become a traffic bottleneck. Times, Sunday Times The town was once a major traffic bottleneck. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the ferry was unable to handle large loads and was often cancelled due to weather conditions, the river crossing became a major traffic bottleneck. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The two lanes become a traffic bottleneck and serious traffic congestion ensued. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Traffic bottlenecks and poor sightlines. Times, Sunday Times |
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