bottleneck

US /ˈbɑː.t̬əl.nek/

UK /ˈbɑː.t̬əl.nek/

瓶頸, 堵塞點

a point of congestion in a production system or traffic flow

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The narrow bridge creates a bottleneck during rush hour.

狹窄的橋樑在高峰時段造成瓶頸。

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Lack of skilled workers is a major bottleneck in our production line.

熟練工人短缺是我們生產線的主要瓶頸。

阻礙, 拖累

to cause a bottleneck; to impede or slow down a process

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The old server continues to bottleneck our network performance.

舊伺服器繼續拖累我們的網路性能。

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If we don't upgrade the system, it will bottleneck our growth.

如果我們不升級系統，它將阻礙我們的增長。