stymie

英 [ˈstaɪmi]

美 [ˈstaɪmi]

v.  阻挠; 阻碍; 阻止; 妨碍

现在分词：stymieing　过去式：stymied　第三人称单数：stymies　过去分词：stymied　

GRE

COCA.15618

牛津词典

verb

• 阻挠；阻碍；阻止；妨碍
  to prevent sb from doing sth that they have planned or want to do; to prevent sth from happening

柯林斯词典

• VERB 妨碍;阻挠;阻碍
  If youare stymied bysomething, you find it very difficult to take action or to continue what you are doing.
  1. Companies have been stymied by the length of time it takes to reach an agreement...
     由于耗时过长，各公司一直未能达成协议。
  2. Relief efforts have been stymied in recent weeks by armed gunmen.
     最近几周的救援工作一直受到武装分子的阻挠。

英英释义

noun

• a thwarting and distressing situation
  Synonym:stymy
• a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
  Synonym:stymy

verb

• hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  1. His brother blocked him at every turn
  Synonym:obstructblockadeblockhinderstymyembarrass

双语例句

• And now health-care providers are turning to a number of innovative strategies to fix the complex web of errors, biases and oversights that stymie the quest for the right diagnosis.
  现在医疗机构开始采用一系列创新措施来纠正失误、偏误和疏忽等妨碍医生做出正确诊断的问题。
• At every turn, the Syrian regime has failed to cooperate with the UN investigation, using it only to stall and to stymie the important effort to bring to light what happened in Damascus in the dead of night.
  叙利亚政权在各方面都不配合联合国的调查，只是利用这个机会敷衍搪塞，阻碍人们进行重要的努力揭露大马士革深夜发生的事件。
• The crisis looks set not only to force more yards into insolvency but also to stymie plans to expand shipbuilding capacity further, with some of the proposed new yards in China unlikely to be built.
  此次危机似乎不仅会让更多船厂破产，而且还会让进一步扩大造船产能的计划受挫中国一些拟议的船厂可能不会开工建设了。
• But there are also none to stymie a potential recovery.
  但是那里也没有潜在救球的机会。
• We must avoid intellectual strait-jackets that stymie a spirit of inquiry.
  我们必须避免穿上窒息探求精神的学术紧身衣。
• How better to reinvigorate the Alliance ( and generate much-needed economic growth) than a bonfire of the regulatory controls and bureaucratic infighting that still stymie trade and investment.
  让美欧联盟重新焕发活力（并且带来亟需的经济增长），比展开监管控制大战和官僚内斗好太多了，这两者仍在妨碍贸易和投资发展。
• But that has done little to stymie the growth of the sport.
  不过这几乎丝毫没有妨碍高尔夫球运动的发展。
• You'll encounter obstacles that might stymie some individuals.
  你将会遇到可能让人停步不前的障碍。
• Even now, US petroleum companies resist calls for transparency, and use American courts to stymie efforts to enhance transparency.
  即便到现在，美国石油企业还是在抵制提高透明度的呼声，并利用美国法庭阻挠增强透明度的努力。
• Higher local deposit rates are likely to stymie the development of QDII further.
  调高国内存款利率可能会进一步阻碍QDII的发展。