stymied

英 [ˈstaɪmid]

美 [ˈstaɪmid]

v.  阻挠; 阻碍; 阻止; 妨碍
stymie的过去分词和过去式

COCA.38135

柯林斯词典

• VERB 妨碍;阻挠;阻碍
  If youare stymied bysomething, you find it very difficult to take action or to continue what you are doing.
  1. Companies have been stymied by the length of time it takes to reach an agreement...
     由于耗时过长，各公司一直未能达成协议。
  2. Relief efforts have been stymied in recent weeks by armed gunmen.
     最近几周的救援工作一直受到武装分子的阻挠。

双语例句

• In our search for evidence, we were stymied by the absence of any recent documents.
  缺乏近期的文件资料为我们寻求证据造成了障碍。
• The inventor and the Westinghouse engineers were, however, stymied by technical difficulties.
  不过，他及西屋的工程师受困于技术上的困难度。
• I was completely stymied by her refusal to help.
  由于她拒不相助，我完全陷入了困境。
• Government suppression of information has stymied indigenous technological breakthroughs.
  政府对信息的压制妨碍了本土科技创新。
• Though I'm not a shy person, I felt stymied.
  我并不是一个内向的人，但是却在人际交往中感觉到了障碍。
• Relief efforts have been stymied in recent weeks by armed gunmen.
  最近几周的救援工作一直受到武装分子的阻挠。
• The desire to forget one's troubles may be stymied by having less money to do it.
  忘记烦恼的渴望可能因经济拮据而受到抑制。
• The Atla-Ra were able to defer the usage initially, but in time were stymied.
  阿特拉-Ra起初能够推迟其使用，但很快就被（雅利安人）阻拦了。
• For now, though, Murdoch is stymied.
  然而现在，默多克却陷入了两难境地。
• A merger between EMI and Warner Music has been stymied by regulators before, and Citigroup may not have the patience for endless wrangling.
  EMI和华纳的音乐巨头结合之前收到了监管机构的阻挠，并且花旗集团对没完没了的争执也失去了耐心。