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

• Smith's message was that economic exploitation, through the monopoly trade of empire, stifled wealth-creation in both home and foreign lands.
  史密斯的观点是通过帝国的垄断贸易和经济剥削，在本国和外国的土地上窒息了财富的创造。
• We do have talented people who have been stifled.
  我们不是没有人才，而是被按住了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
  我宁愿生命的火花在壮丽的火焰中燃烧殆尽，也不愿在腐朽之物中窒息而死。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。