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

• If one had habitually breathed the New York air there were times when anything less crystalline seemed stifling.
  假如一个人一直习惯于呼吸纽约的空气，那么，有时候，不够清澈的东西似乎就会让他窒息。
• 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 had to get out of there. it's so stifling.
  我得出去逛逛，我快闷死了。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。