stymied

英 [ˈstaɪmid]

美 [ˈstaɪmid]

v.  阻挠; 阻碍; 阻止; 妨碍
stymie的过去分词和过去式

COCA.38135

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。

双语例句

• Mr Lai claims Beijing-backed rivals for years stymied his attempt to list on the stock market.
  黎智英声称亲北京对手多年来设法阻碍他的上市计划。
• Overbearing bureaucrats and excessive regulation has stymied entrepreneurship and competition, hurting the efficiency of the domestic corporate sector.
  专断的官僚主义和过分的管制阻碍了企业创新和竞争，降低了公司的效率。
• A merger between EMI and Warner Music has been stymied by regulators before, and Citigroup may not have the patience for endless wrangling.
  EMI和华纳的音乐巨头结合之前收到了监管机构的阻挠，并且花旗集团对没完没了的争执也失去了耐心。
• The Atla-Ra were able to defer the usage initially, but in time were stymied.
  阿特拉-Ra起初能够推迟其使用，但很快就被（雅利安人）阻拦了。
• But, she says, economic integration across South Asia has been "stymied" by political enmity.
  但她表示，南亚地区的经济一体化已因各方的政治敌意而陷入“困境”。
• For now, though, Murdoch is stymied.
  然而现在，默多克却陷入了两难境地。
• 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。
• Fulfilling that desire has, however, stymied experts for decades.
  然而愿望达成，却困扰了专家十年之久。
• In our search for evidence, we were stymied by the absence of any recent documents.
  缺乏近期的文件资料为我们寻求证据造成了障碍。
• Your archeologists are still stymied by our pyramids.
  你们的建筑师还没搞懂我们的金字塔。