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

• I must go out and sit in the garden. The air is stifling here.
  我得上外边花园里坐坐。这儿的空气叫人窒息。
• Into the stifling smoke plunged the desperate woman.
  冲进呛人烟雾的是那位绝望的妇女。
• Our conversations became stifling – in the end I stopped talking about them altogether because I wasn't getting the refuge I wanted.
  我们的对话变得非常沉闷&到最后我停止了诉说，因为我没有寻找到我的避难所。
• The place was stifling, full of smoke and the unique beery smell of an English pub.
  屋里闷得厉害，空气里充满了烟和英国酒店特有的啤酒味。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Nordic story is not one of behemoth-like states stifling entrepreneurship, innovation and individuality.
  北欧讲述的不是庞然大物般的政府扼杀了创业精神、创新和个性的故事。