bottleneck

US /ˈbɑː.t̬əl.nek/

UK /ˈbɑː.t̬əl.nek/

瓶颈, 堵塞点

a point of congestion in a production system or traffic flow

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The narrow bridge creates a bottleneck during rush hour.

狭窄的桥梁在高峰时段造成瓶颈。

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

熟练工人短缺是我们生产线的主要瓶颈。

阻碍, 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.

旧服务器继续拖累我们的网络性能。

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

如果我们不升级系统，它将阻碍我们的增长。