stifled

英 [ˈstaɪfld]

美 [ˈstaɪfld]

v.  压制; 扼杀; 阻止; 抑制; (使)窒息，无法自如地呼吸，感觉窒闷
stifle的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：stifled　过去式：stifled　

BNC.25304 / COCA.30156

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。

英英释义

adj

• held in check with difficulty
  1. a smothered cough
  2. a stifled yawn
  3. a strangled scream
  4. suppressed laughter
  Synonym:smotheredstrangledsuppressed

双语例句

• The organization is stifled by bureaucratic inertia and a failure to change to meet the needs of modem society.
  官僚主义的惰性及不能为满足现代社会的需要而进行变革等因素扼杀了这个组织。
• In countries such as Russia and Mexico, resource nationalism has stifled investment in supply.
  在俄罗斯和墨西哥等国，资源民族主义扼杀了对供给的投资。
• She now put no further restraint on her tears; her breath was stifled by sobs.
  她现在不再抑制她的眼泪，抽泣起来了。
• How dare you! She said, her voice stifled.
  “你竟敢这样！”她说，气得声音发哑了。
• APRIL: listen to me: It's what you are that's being stifled here.
  爱普莉：听我说：真正的你在这里被压抑了。
• For decades, Onsen owners have stifled development of a huge potential source of clean energy: geothermal power.
  数十年来，温泉业主们都阻碍着地热能这种潜能巨大的清洁能源的发展。
• I rushed out of the room because the oppressive air stifled me.
  我急忙地出了那个屋子，因为闷热的空气使我窒息起来。
• They see planners as being stifled and boring, and assume that routines and schedules are not for them.
  在他们看来，有计划的人无趣，而且让人透不过气来。他们认为惯例和时间表和自己无关。
• Regulations on children stifled creativity
  给孩子们定的各种规矩扼杀了他们的创造力。
• A smothered cough; a stifled yawn; a strangled scream; suppressed laughter.
  被憋住了的咳嗽；被憋住了的哈欠；被憋住了的叫喊；受抑制的笑声。