stifle
英['staɪfl] 美['staɪfl]
"smother a yawn"
"muffle one's anger"
"strangle a yawn"
"stifle your curiosity"
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
"The child suffocated under the pillow"
1.扼杀;压制;抑止
If someonestifles something you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing.
e.g. Regulations on children stifled creativity...
给孩子们定的各种规矩扼杀了他们的创造力。
e.g. Critics have accused the US of trying tostifle debate.
批评家指责美国试图压制争论。
2.克制住,忍住(哈欠、笑)
If youstifle a yawn or laugh, you prevent yourself from yawning or laughing.
e.g. She makes no attempt tostifle a yawn...
她忍不住打了个哈欠。
e.g. His hand shot to his mouth tostifle a giggle.
他赶紧捂住嘴,不让自己笑出声来。
3.克制;压抑
If youstifle your natural feelings or behaviour, you prevent yourself from having those feelings or behaving in that way.
e.g. It is best tostifle curiosity and leave birds' nests alone...
最好能克制住好奇心,不要去碰鸟巢。
e.g. 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。
1. 窒息:潜行 ( Stealth ) 和隐形 ( Invisibility )震昏 ( Stun )、催眠 ( Mesmerize )、窒息 (stifle ) 和媚惑 ( Charm )移除赞助者 ( patrons ) 这个阶级,所有会员赚取的公会地位点数将除以公会内会员的帐号数目 ( 最小值为 6,
2. 使窒息:stifle in the cradle 扼杀在摇篮里 |stifle 使窒息 | stifling 沉闷的
3. 使窒息,闷死:stench of putrefaction 腐烂东西发出的恶臭 |stifle 使窒息,闷死 | strand 使搁浅,使处于困境
4. 阻抑:51Shoreline Ranger沿岸巡逻人SC | 52stifle阻抑SC | 53Temporal Fissure暂现隙口SC
She managed to stifle a yawn.
她忍住了呵欠。
They hope the new rules will not stifle creativity.
他们希望新规则不会压制创意。
The government failed to stifle the unrest.
政府没有制止住动乱。
I felt I was stifling in the airless room.
在那间闷气的屋子里我感觉都快憋死了。
Most of the victims were stifled by the fumes.
多数受害者是因烟雾窒息而死的。
a stifling room
闷得让人透不过气来的房间
'u2018 It's stifling in here'u2500can we open a window? 'u2019
“这里闷得人难受——我们能不能开一扇窗户?”
At 25, she found family life stifling.
她25岁时感到家庭生活令人窒息。
The room was stiflingly hot.
屋里热得人喘不上气来。
Regulations on children stifled creativity...
给孩子们定的各种规矩扼杀了他们的创造力。
Critics have accused the US of trying to stifle debate.
批评家指责美国试图压制争论。
She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn...
她忍不住打了个哈欠。
His hand shot to his mouth to stifle a giggle.
他赶紧捂住嘴,不让自己笑出声来。
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。
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。
All Villefort's influence barely enabled him to stifle the secret Dant 'u00e8 s had so nearly divulged.
维尔福的全部力量都用在封住那几乎被唐太斯所泄漏的秘密上了.
Do I find an appropriate balance between encouragement and pressure? Do I stifle their initiative?
我是否在鼓励与压力之间找到了恰当的平衡? 我是否抑制了他们的创造性?
An incompetent boss can stifle your enthusiasm and torpedo your chances for job satisfaction.
一个不称职的老板会窒息你的热情并毁灭你对工作感到满意的可能性.
It was an uninteresting conversation and I had to stifle a yawn.
那是一次枯燥无味的交谈,我不得不强忍住自己的呵欠.
Can we stifle the old, the lingering Remorse.
我们能否扑灭那古老的 、 徘徊不去的悔恨?
Organizational norms also operate to stifle the expression of more transformative political views.
组织惯例的一个作用就是遏制那些主张变革的政治观点的表达.
And high demand for government debt rather than corporate debt could stifle economic growth.
对政府债券,而不是企业债券的高需求,可能扼杀经济增长.
Do I stifle their initiative?
我是否抑制了他们的创造性?
People will stifle in the absence of air.
缺乏空气之下人们会窒息.
There is no doubt that this will stifle the advance of the science around search engines.
无疑,这种做法将抑制搜索引擎相关科学的进步.
It is a shame that radio, Sony and others tried to stifle his true voice.
可惜的是,无线电, 索尼和其他人试图扼杀他的真实的声音.
He almost stifled her with caresses.
出自:H. MartineauThe air was stifling me and I longed for the open.
出自:W. Golding上一个:smothered