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

• 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。
• The World Bank is accusing Israel of stifling the Palestinian economy.
  世界银行指责以色列窒息巴勒斯坦的经济。
• The place was stifling, full of smoke and the unique beery smell of an English pub.
  屋里闷得厉害，空气里充满了烟和英国酒店特有的啤酒味。
• Running in the morning is the best way to avoid hot weather, heat stroke, and stifling humidity.
  晨跑是避免热天、中暑、和沉闷潮湿感的最好选择。
• I must go out and sit in the garden. The air is stifling here.
  我得上外边花园里坐坐。这儿的空气叫人窒息。
• Many parents complain that the teaching method in this school is stifling their kids'imagination and creativity.
  许多家长抱怨学校的教学方式压抑了孩子们的想象力和创造力。
• 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。
• An increase in interest rates will undoubtedly result in an immediate stifling of any increase in economic activity.
  提高利率无疑会导致立即抑制经济活动中的任何增长。
• We had to deal with a lot of stifling bureaucracy.
  我们必须对付大量误事的官僚作风。
• 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。