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

• Not only are talks between the White House and congressional leaders stymied, but discordant factions have emerged within the two main political parties, further complicating a debt agreement.
  不仅是白宫与国会领袖之间的会谈受阻，就连两党内部也出现了不和谐现象，致使有关舒解债务问题的协商，更形复杂。
• 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。
• Because of the holiday period, their attempts to get a quick reply were stymied.
  因为假期，他们试图获得尽早答复的努力受挫了。
• Slowly through small loans for solar powered devices, microfinance is bringing light to these rural regions where a lack of electricity has stymied economic development, literacy rates and health.
  缓慢地通过小额贷款购买太阳能装置，小额信贷正给那些因缺乏电而阻碍了经济、文化教育和医疗发展的农村地区带来了光明。
• But now they have an opportunity to fix the problem that has stymied successful co-operation on climate change.
  但现在，他们有一个机会，去解决阻碍气候变化合作取得成功的问题。
• Your archeologists are still stymied by our pyramids.
  你们的建筑师还没搞懂我们的金字塔。
• 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。
• Government suppression of information has stymied indigenous technological breakthroughs.
  政府对信息的压制妨碍了本土科技创新。
• How African governments handle corruption and other governance matters will determine how they manage the major infrastructure challenges that have crippled much of the region and stymied development.
  非洲各国政府如何处理腐败和其它治理问题，将决定它们如何应对已影响到非洲大部分地区且阻碍发展的巨大基础设施挑战。
• Mary Schapiro, the SEC chairman, has tried her best but she was stymied last week.
  sec主席玛丽夏皮罗（maryschapiro）已尽了最大的努力，但她在上周完全被束缚住了手脚。