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

• It stifles life and kills dreams.
  窒息人的生命，扼杀人的理想。
• The rear legs are broad and heavily muscled through the thighs; stifles moderately bent; hock joints are moderately bent and well let down.
  后座腿广阔和重肌透过大腿；扼杀中度排架；福接头中度执意要和好失望。
• 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 stifles the development of the financial sector.
  这就遏制了金融部门的发展。
• 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；
• 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。
• This stifles innovation at big corporations and contributes to employee turnover.
  它扼杀了大公司的创新，助长了员工的流失。
• When the hocks are turned in-cow-hocks-the stifles and feet are turned outwards, resulting in a serious loss of propulsive power.
  在飞节内斜成为牛腿导致膝，足外撇的情况下，推进动力会丧失殆尽；
• Regulators by their nature proliferate and develop a morbidly symbiotic relationship with certain businesses that stifles choice, innovation, job creation and competitiveness.
  监管机构天生会和某些特定企业繁殖、发展一种病态的共生关系，这种关系会扼杀选择、创新、就业创造和竞争力。
• By stopping speech even before it is uttered, government stifles discussion and dissent.
  政府通过在言论发表之前就予以制止的做法，扼杀讨论和异议。