asphyxiating
v.
渴望的，有抱负的，追求名誉或地位的( aspirant的现在分词 );
有志向或渴望获得…的人;
例句:
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I am writing this, monitored by my care worker, who had to save me from asphyxiating because my diaphragm won't work properly.
来自BBC
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Much more would run the risk of asphyxiating in a vacuum of abstraction or drowning in a quicksand of pretension.
来自BBC
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While eating the oil, the microbes consume the oxygen in the water, potentially asphyxiating aerobic organisms.
来自SA