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

• We were stifling in that hot room with all the windows closed.
  我们在那间关着窗户的热屋子里，简直透不过气来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Our next PR blunder: crackdown and stifling surveillance of western Muslims.
  我们的另一个公关蠢行：对西方的穆斯林展开打压和令人窒息的监控。
• I felt I was stifling in the airless room.
  在那间闷气的屋子里我感觉都快要憋死了。
• I felt as if I was stifling.
  我觉得好像要窒息了。