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

• Corruption not only undermines the ability of governments to function properly, it also stifles the growth of the private sector.
  腐败不仅削弱政府适当发挥功能的能力，而且也会扼杀私营部门的增长。
• 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；
• 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；
• This mist of heavy incense stifles my heart.
  香烟的浓雾窒塞了我的心。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It stifles life and kills dreams.
  窒息人的生命，扼杀人的理想。
• 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。
• Some of my foreign friends suggested that such management stifles creativity and restricts freedom.
  我的一些外国朋友说这样的管理是会窒息创造力和束服自由的。