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

• Moreover, the structure of the country's bureaucracy stifles initiative and promotes mediocrity.
  另外，中国的官僚结构抑制了首创精神，促使人平庸无所作为。
• Greater income inequality stifles upward mobility between generations, making it harder for talented and hard-working people to get the rewards they deserve.
  收入差距扩大会抑制一代代人之间的上升流动性，让勤奋而有才能的人更难以得到应得的回报。
• One instruction sequence of MSIL might be very amenable to optimization, whereas another ( semantically equivalent) sequence stifles optimization.
  一个MSIL指令序列也许能够很好地进行优化，但另一个（语义上等同的）序列却可能抑制优化。
• In addition, the commission is examining claims that Microsoft stifles competition by only allowing Internet Explorer to be installed on tablet devices running its version of Windows 8 on low power ARM processors.
  此外，欧盟委员会也在调查外界对微软妨碍平板电脑市场竞争的指控，即微软在配备低功耗ARM处理器、运行Windows8的平板设备上，只允许安装IE浏览器。
• Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers.
  无论去到什么地方，我都会被问，是否认为大学窒息了写作者。
• And I guess if we were to take a random sample of any group of people on the planet, now their situation might be one that stifles creativity, but as human beings they are creative.
  如果我们随机挑选地球上的一群人，他们面临的共同问题可能就是创造力被扼杀了，因为作为人类，他们本该具有创造力。
• Once it is sealed, it stifles.
  一旦封闭，道就窒息了。
• 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。
• 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；
• This mist of heavy incense stifles my heart.
  香烟的浓雾窒塞了我的心。