To asphyxiate someone is to stop them getting air, so they cannot breathe in a normal way — and, if it goes on, they die. Doctors, firefighters, and the police use this word more than ordinary people do.

To asphyxiate someone is to stop them getting airasphyxiate一個人就是讓他呼吸不到空氣so they cannot breathe in a normal way沒辦法正常呼吸and, if it goes on, they die如果持續下去他們會死Doctors, firefighters, and the police use this word more than ordinary people do醫生、消防員和警察用這個字比一般人常

You can asphyxiate a person (smoke, a plastic bag, a hand on the throat), and a person can also asphyxiate: they stop breathing because there is no good air. The cause is often not “no air in the room” but air that cannot do its job — thick smoke, gas, or something blocking the mouth and nose.

You can asphyxiate a person (smoke, a plastic bag, a hand on the throat)你可以asphyxiate一個人像用煙、塑膠袋、掐住喉嚨and a person can also asphyxiate一個人也可以自己asphyxiatethey stop breathing because there is no good air因為沒有好的空氣而停止呼吸The cause is often not "no air in the room" but air that cannot do its job原因常常不是「房間裡沒空氣」而是空氣沒辦法發揮作用thick smoke, gas, or something blocking the mouth and nose像濃煙、瓦斯或是堵住口鼻的東西

In everyday talk people often say suffocate instead; asphyxiate sounds more medical and more formal, the word you hear in a report, not in the kitchen.

In everyday talk people often say suffocate instead日常說話裡大家常改說suffocateasphyxiate sounds more medical and more formalasphyxiate聽起來更醫學、更正式the word you hear in a report, not in the kitchen是你會在報告裡聽到的字不是廚房裡

It is almost always about a body and breathing. People do sometimes stretch it (“asphyxiated by rules”), but that is literary, not how most speakers talk.

It is almost always about a body and breathing它幾乎都是在講身體和呼吸People do sometimes stretch it ("asphyxiated by rules")人們有時候也會延伸用法像「asphyxiated by rules」but that is literary, not how most speakers talk但那是文學性的用法不是大部分人講話的方式