stifling

英 [ˈstaɪflɪŋ]

美 [ˈstaɪflɪŋ]

adj. 令人窒息的;极其闷热的; (情况)令人窒息的，令人压抑的
v. 压制; 扼杀; 阻止; 抑制; (使)窒息，无法自如地呼吸，感觉窒闷
stifle的现在分词

现在分词：stifling　

Collins.1 / BNC.32634 / COCA.21175

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 令人窒息的;闷热的
Stiflingheat is so intense that it makes you feel uncomfortable. You can also usestiflingto describe a place that is extremely hot.
1. The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous.
  小房间里令人窒息的热气开始让我感到恶心。
ADJ-GRADED (情况)令人窒息的，令人感到压抑的
If a situation isstifling, it makes you feel uncomfortable because you cannot do what you want.
1. Life at home with her parents and two sisters was stifling.
  和父母及两个姐妹生活在一起让她感到很压抑。
2. ...a stifling bureaucracy.
  令人窒息的官僚主义
See also:stifle

noun

forceful prevention
1. the suppression of heresy
2. the quelling of the rebellion
3. the stifling of all dissent
Synonym:suppressioncrushingquelling

adj

characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
1. the summer was sultry and oppressive
2. the stifling atmosphere
3. the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm
Synonym:sultrysulfuroussulphurous

I am stifling in this close room.
在这个窄狭的房间里面我感到憋闷。
Our next PR blunder: crackdown and stifling surveillance of western Muslims.
我们的另一个公关蠢行：对西方的穆斯林展开打压和令人窒息的监控。
We had to deal with a lot of stifling bureaucracy.
我们必须对付大量误事的官僚作风。
Into the stifling smoke plunged the desperate woman.
冲进呛人烟雾的是那位绝望的妇女。
An increase in interest rates will undoubtedly result in an immediate stifling of any increase in economic activity.
提高利率无疑会导致立即抑制经济活动中的任何增长。
It really takes that level of belief to overcome the obstacles that we see preventing progress, stifling creativity.
真的是需要有那种程度的信心，才能克服我们所目睹的种种阻止进步，扼杀创造力的障碍。
I'm stifling in this hot room.
我在这么热的房间里要闷死了。
I felt as if I was stifling.
我觉得好像要窒息了。
These measures will have the effect of stifling competition.
这些措施会产生扼杀竞争的后果。
But it also recognises that the separation of banking and broking is stifling development of Japan's financial markets.
但该机构也承认，割裂银行和证券业务的做法，正在抑制日本金融市场的发展。