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

• We do have talented people who have been stifled.
  我们不是没有人才，而是被按住了。
• 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。
• The government has stifled all opposition to its plans.
  政府压制了所有对其计划的反对意见。
• A shortened working week has freed up leisure time, but frozen earnings and stifled job creation.
  缩短的工作周时释放出闲暇时间，但也冻结了收入增长并抑制了就业岗位的创造。
• I rushed out of the room because the oppressive air stifled me.
  我急忙地出了那个屋子，因为闷热的空气使我窒息起来。
• She stifled another yawn and tried hard to look interested.
  她忍住了又一个呵欠，努力地试图显得感兴趣。
• Tramping over the shingle and larger rocks on the beach, he secretly stifled his anger.
  他踩着河滩地上的卵石和硬石，不动声色地压制着心头的怒火。
• But pride stifled my conscience, and I didn't tell her I was sorry.
  但自尊占了上风，我没有告诉她我很后悔。
• 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。
• But it was Iike a heavy cloak that stifled me.
  但那就像个大斗蓬要把我闷死了。