stifle

美音：['staɪf(ə)l] 英音：['staɪf(ə)l]

简单释义：

v.扼杀；抑制；压制；阻止

n.(马,狗的)后腿膝关节(病)

网络使窒息；闷死；镇压

变形：

过去分词：stifled 现在分词：stifling 第三人称单数：stifles

完整释义：

1.扼杀,压制,遏制
2.使窒息,闷死
3.憋闷;窒息(而死)
4.封住;压抑;抑制,抑制住;忍住;强忍住
5.受抑制
6.镇压,阻止(反叛等)
7.压灭(火等)
8.藏匿,隐蔽,暗中了结
9.〔美俚〕打垮
10.发哑,说不出;咽下;销声匿迹

1.(马、狗的)后腿膝关节(病)

例句：

There is no doubt that this will stifle the advance of the science around search engines.
毫无疑问这将抑制搜索引擎科学的进步。
In 1887, to screen the poverty that had begun to worry the middle-class conscience and also to stifle a nascent republican movement.
在1887年，是为了掩盖使中产阶级惶惶不安的贫困，并窒息一场新生的共和运动。
Growing demand for air travel also has led to a tight market for pilots world-wide, which threatens to stifle the industry's growth.
此外，航空旅行需求增加也造成全球范围的飞行员人数不足，甚至威胁到行业的发展。
As for Aunt Pitty, she was nervously trying to stifle a belch, for the rooster they had had for supper was a tough old bird.
至于皮蒂姑妈，她正神经质地强忍着不要打出嗝来，因为他们那天晚餐吃的是一只硬邦邦的老公鸡。
Be aware that when you stifle those emotions you do not bring anything constructive to your life.
请注意，这些情绪不能给你的生活带来任何有建设意义的东西。
He said the protests represent a backlash to Beijing's efforts to stifle human rights and religious freedom in Tibetan areas of China.
他说，抗议活动是对中国政府在西藏地区压制人权和宗教信仰自由的反弹。
But if the rules are too tight, then it will stifle the industries that depend upon sales to create the next generation of technology.
但假如规定太死的话，那些依靠销售创造技术升级的工厂就会无法生存下去。
The aim, he said, was not to stifle, but to advance competition, growth and prosperity.
他表示，目标不是抑制而是刺激竞争、发展和繁荣经济。

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