Most cripplingly, it used export controls to starve the company of American technology and products, including computer chips, on which many manufacturers rely.

最严重的是，它利用出口管制使公司无法获得许多制造商所依赖的美国技术和产品，包括计算机芯片。

For example, in the case of the Colorado River specifically and the many reservoirs along its stream, they are all currently at cripplingly low historic water levels.

例如，特别是科罗拉多河及其溪流沿线的许多水库目前都处于历史最低水位。