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

• 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。
• Fulfilling that desire has, however, stymied experts for decades.
  然而愿望达成，却困扰了专家十年之久。
• 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。
• Building codes designed to preserve the architectural character and historic facades of St Petersburg have also stymied the development of inventive architecture.
  按照保存圣彼得堡建筑风格和历史外表前提而设计的建筑法规同时也妨碍了发明性建筑。
• Recoveries are likely to begin outside the financial sector, but they will be stymied without credit.
  经济复苏可能始于金融部门之外，但离开了信贷复苏就会陷入困境。
• For now, though, Murdoch is stymied.
  然而现在，默多克却陷入了两难境地。
• 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。
• Croatia's hopes of joining the EU have been stymied by a border dispute with neighboring Slovenia.
  由于与邻国斯洛文尼亚的领土纠纷，克罗地亚加入欧盟的进程受到阻碍。
• I was completely stymied by her refusal to help.
  由于她拒不相助，我完全陷入了困境。
• Potential investors exploring more promising areas, such as low-carbon energy and infrastructure, are stymied because of the lack of a clear policy framework.
  由于缺少清晰的政策架构，那些探索更具前景领域（如低碳能源和基础设施）的潜在投资者，遇到了重重障碍。