stifling

英 [ˈstaɪflɪŋ]

美 [ˈstaɪflɪŋ]

adj.  令人窒息的;极其闷热的; (情况)令人窒息的，令人压抑的
v.  压制; 扼杀; 阻止; 抑制; (使)窒息，无法自如地呼吸，感觉窒闷
stifle的现在分词

现在分词：stifling　

Collins.1 / BNC.32634 / COCA.21175

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 令人窒息的;闷热的
  Stiflingheat is so intense that it makes you feel uncomfortable. You can also usestiflingto describe a place that is extremely hot.
  1. The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous.
     小房间里令人窒息的热气开始让我感到恶心。
• ADJ-GRADED (情况)令人窒息的，令人感到压抑的
  If a situation isstifling, it makes you feel uncomfortable because you cannot do what you want.
  1. Life at home with her parents and two sisters was stifling.
     和父母及两个姐妹生活在一起让她感到很压抑。
  2. ...a stifling bureaucracy.
     令人窒息的官僚主义
• See also:stifle

英英释义

noun

• forceful prevention
  1. the suppression of heresy
  2. the quelling of the rebellion
  3. the stifling of all dissent
  Synonym:suppressioncrushingquelling

adj

• characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
  1. the summer was sultry and oppressive
  2. the stifling atmosphere
  3. the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm
  Synonym:sultrysulfuroussulphurous

双语例句

• It is sultry rather than warm. It's stifling! I can hardly breathe.
  这天气与其说暖和不如说闷热。天气太闷热了！我都没法呼吸了。
• Where it is not needed, it has only started to give up its habit of stifling private enterprise.
  只在一些不必要的地方，印度政府开始放弃压制私有企业发展的习惯。
• The atmosphere in the crowded hall became so stifling that two of the women passed out.
  拥挤不堪的大厅里闷得令人窒息，两个妇女晕了过去。
• These measures will have the effect of stifling competition.
  这些措施会产生扼杀竞争的后果。
• The Nordic story is not one of behemoth-like states stifling entrepreneurship, innovation and individuality.
  北欧讲述的不是庞然大物般的政府扼杀了创业精神、创新和个性的故事。
• The government accused the company of bullying its rivals and stifling competition.
  政府指责这家公司威胁其对手，并且扼杀竞争。
• Even as in one who at last draws free air, after long stifling with his own polluted breath.
  就象是被自己污浊的呼吸长时间窒息之后，终于吸进了自由的空气。
• We reluctantly left our air-conditioned Hotel and walked oat into the stifling heat of high noon.
  我们不情愿地离开了有空调的宾馆，走进晌午那令人窒息的酷热之中。
• Large organizations where you have to answer to someone else are often stifling to an entrepreneurial personality.
  大公司的话，你就必须对其他人负责，这样就扼杀了企业家的个性。
• It really takes that level of belief to overcome the obstacles that we see preventing progress, stifling creativity.
  真的是需要有那种程度的信心，才能克服我们所目睹的种种阻止进步，扼杀创造力的障碍。