stifles

英 [ˈstaɪflz]

美 [ˈstaɪflz]

v.  压制; 扼杀; 阻止; 抑制; (使)窒息，无法自如地呼吸，感觉窒闷
stifle的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 扼杀;压制;抑止
  If someonestiflessomething you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing.
  1. Regulations on children stifled creativity...
     给孩子们定的各种规矩扼杀了他们的创造力。
  2. Critics have accused the US of trying to stifle debate.
     批评家指责美国试图压制争论。
• VERB 克制住，忍住(哈欠、笑)
  If youstiflea yawn or laugh, you prevent yourself from yawning or laughing.
  1. She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn...
     她忍不住打了个哈欠。
  2. His hand shot to his mouth to stifle a giggle.
     他赶紧捂住嘴，不让自己笑出声来。
• VERB 克制;压抑
  If youstifleyour natural feelings or behaviour, you prevent yourself from having those feelings or behaving in that way.
  1. It is best to stifle curiosity and leave birds' nests alone...
     最好能克制住好奇心，不要去碰鸟巢。
  2. He stifled his temptation to take hold of Ivy and shake her.
     他压抑住想要抓住艾薇摇晃她的冲动。

双语例句

• More than 80 per cent of senior executives of big companies in the region surveyed cited "domestic legislation that stifles foreign ownership" and widely different management cultures across Asia as most likely to derail cross-border acquisitions in the next 12 months.
  在接受调查的亚洲大公司高管中，有80%以上的人表示，未来12个月内，“抑制外国所有权的国内立法”和亚洲各地各有不同的管理文化，最可能影响跨国收购。
• Absolute job security stifles risk-taking, he says, something that Japan desperately needs.
  他表示，绝对的就业安全会扼杀冒险行为，而这种冒险是日本现在亟需的。
• Greater income inequality stifles upward mobility between generations, making it harder for talented and hard-working people to get the rewards they deserve.
  收入差距扩大会抑制一代代人之间的上升流动性，让勤奋而有才能的人更难以得到应得的回报。
• In addition, the commission is examining claims that Microsoft stifles competition by only allowing Internet Explorer to be installed on tablet devices running its version of Windows 8 on low power ARM processors.
  此外，欧盟委员会也在调查外界对微软妨碍平板电脑市场竞争的指控，即微软在配备低功耗ARM处理器、运行Windows8的平板设备上，只允许安装IE浏览器。
• The subject generates great cynicism, with critics suggesting investors are in thrall to political correctness and guilty of creating a "box-ticking" culture that stifles entrepreneurship.
  它催生了诸如批评投资者被政治正确所左右，并且反对建立窒息企业发展的“暗箱文化”的反主流趋势。
• Uranus may fear and hate Saturn because the latter stifles and frustrates his freedom;
  天王星可能害怕和憎恨土星因为后者窒息和挫败他的自由；
• Corruption not only undermines the ability of governments to function properly, it also stifles the growth of the private sector.
  腐败不仅削弱政府适当发挥功能的能力，而且也会扼杀私营部门的增长。
• The fruits of such a system are a glittering consumer society which stifles creativity and individuality.
  这种制度的结果就是一个压制创造性和个性的闪光的消费者社会。
• Scientists and environmentalists are furious at a clause in India's draft bill to form a new biotechnology regulatory authority that they say stifles opposition to genetically modified ( GM) products.
  一些科学家和环保主义者对设立印度新的生物安全管理机构的一份法律草案的一个条款感到愤怒，他们说该条款扼杀了对转基因食品的反对。
• An increasing number of governmental agencies and government workers has created the problem of bureaucracy, where a mountain of paperwork stifles efficiency.
  不断增加的政府机构及公务员造成了官僚政治的问题，使堆积如山的纸上作业扼杀了效率。