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

• 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。
• 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。
• I felt I was stifling in the airless room.
  在那间闷气的屋子里我感觉都快要憋死了。
• 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。
• 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。
• We reluctantly left our air-conditioned Hotel and walked oat into the stifling heat of high noon.
  我们不情愿地离开了有空调的宾馆，走进晌午那令人窒息的酷热之中。
• But it also recognises that the separation of banking and broking is stifling development of Japan's financial markets.
  但该机构也承认，割裂银行和证券业务的做法，正在抑制日本金融市场的发展。
• 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 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。