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

• 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。
• Once it is sealed, it stifles.
  一旦封闭，道就窒息了。
• 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。
• Critics blamed everything from an education system that stifles imagination to censorship.
  批评人士抨击了很多方面，从遏制想象力的教育体制，到现行的审查制度。
• This mist of heavy incense stifles my heart.
  香烟的浓雾窒塞了我的心。
• 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。
• McCannell observed, as did many other students, that Kulak stresses the software developer's need to be creative and insinuates that engineering stifles creativity.
  McCannell和其他许多同学评论道，Kulak强调软件开发人员需要具备创造性，并且影射工程学将抑制创造性。
• 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；
• 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。
• In both cases on both sides, the struggle rouses evil passions and stifles truth.
  在上述两种情况下，斗争从两方面唤起强烈的感情，扑灭真理。