stifled

英 [ˈstaɪfld]

美 [ˈstaɪfld]

v. 压制; 扼杀; 阻止; 抑制; (使)窒息，无法自如地呼吸，感觉窒闷
stifle的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：stifled　过去式：stifled　

BNC.25304 / COCA.30156

柯林斯词典

VERB 扼杀;压制;抑止
If someonestiflessomething you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing.
1. Regulations on children stifled creativity...
  给孩子们定的各种规矩扼杀了他们的创造力。
2. Critics have accused the US of trying to stifle debate.
  批评家指责美国试图压制争论。
VERB 克制住，忍住(哈欠、笑)
If youstiflea yawn or laugh, you prevent yourself from yawning or laughing.
1. She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn...
  她忍不住打了个哈欠。
2. His hand shot to his mouth to stifle a giggle.
  他赶紧捂住嘴，不让自己笑出声来。
VERB 克制;压抑
If youstifleyour natural feelings or behaviour, you prevent yourself from having those feelings or behaving in that way.
1. It is best to stifle curiosity and leave birds' nests alone...
  最好能克制住好奇心，不要去碰鸟巢。
2. He stifled his temptation to take hold of Ivy and shake her.
  他压抑住想要抓住艾薇摇晃她的冲动。

英英释义

adj

held in check with difficulty
1. a smothered cough
2. a stifled yawn
3. a strangled scream
4. suppressed laughter
Synonym:smotheredstrangledsuppressed

双语例句

A smothered cough; a stifled yawn; a strangled scream; suppressed laughter.
被憋住了的咳嗽；被憋住了的哈欠；被憋住了的叫喊；受抑制的笑声。
I choose to begin letting go of unhealthy thoughts, feelings and attitudes that have stifled my growth.
我决定远离有损身心健康的想法、情感和消极的人生态度，它们抑制了我的成长。
APRIL: listen to me: It's what you are that's being stifled here.
爱普莉：听我说：真正的你在这里被压抑了。
This room is stuffy; I feel stifled in here.
这房间不通气，在这里我感到窒息。
Tramping over the shingle and larger rocks on the beach, he secretly stifled his anger.
他踩着河滩地上的卵石和硬石，不动声色地压制着心头的怒火。
She had felt stifled in her relationship, she realized.
她发现，过去在关系中，她感到了的是窒息。
In countries such as Russia and Mexico, resource nationalism has stifled investment in supply.
在俄罗斯和墨西哥等国，资源民族主义扼杀了对供给的投资。
Smith's message was that economic exploitation, through the monopoly trade of empire, stifled wealth-creation in both home and foreign lands.
史密斯的观点是通过帝国的垄断贸易和经济剥削，在本国和外国的土地上窒息了财富的创造。
They see planners as being stifled and boring, and assume that routines and schedules are not for them.
在他们看来，有计划的人无趣，而且让人透不过气来。他们认为惯例和时间表和自己无关。
How dare you! She said, her voice stifled.
“你竟敢这样！”她说，气得声音发哑了。