stifled

英 [ˈstaɪfld]

美 [ˈstaɪfld]

v.  压制; 扼杀; 阻止; 抑制; (使)窒息，无法自如地呼吸，感觉窒闷
stifle的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：stifled　过去式：stifled　

BNC.25304 / COCA.30156

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。

英英释义

adj

• held in check with difficulty
  1. a smothered cough
  2. a stifled yawn
  3. a strangled scream
  4. suppressed laughter
  Synonym:smotheredstrangledsuppressed

双语例句

• All these cries of protest, all these expressions of opposition, were stifled.
  一切抗议声和反对意见就统统销声匿迹。
• A smothered cough; a stifled yawn; a strangled scream; suppressed laughter.
  被憋住了的咳嗽；被憋住了的哈欠；被憋住了的叫喊；受抑制的笑声。
• And I've stifled in the muggy air of Hefei in Anhui.
  在安徽合肥的湿热空气中我也感觉快要窒息过。
• She had felt stifled in her relationship, she realized.
  她发现，过去在关系中，她感到了的是窒息。
• An overweening public sector has stifled growth in jobs in service industries.
  自负的公共部门已经妨碍了服务业岗位的增长。
• But it was Iike a heavy cloak that stifled me.
  但那就像个大斗蓬要把我闷死了。
• APRIL: listen to me: It's what you are that's being stifled here.
  爱普莉：听我说：真正的你在这里被压抑了。
• In countries such as Russia and Mexico, resource nationalism has stifled investment in supply.
  在俄罗斯和墨西哥等国，资源民族主义扼杀了对供给的投资。
• I stifled my shyness, complied with the order, and got my highly public shot in the butt.
  我努力克制住羞怯，服从了她的命令，让屁股在众目睽睽下挨了一针。
• How dare you! She said, her voice stifled.
  “你竟敢这样！”她说，气得声音发哑了。