stifle

1 Too many regulations stifle innovation.

2 Organizational norms also operate to stifle the expression of more transformative political views.

组织惯例的一个作用就是遏制那些主张变革的政治观点的表达.

3 Reverend Crump asked for a last glass of water so he could take his “anti-panic pill” and Liyana stifled a laugh, pretending it was a cough.

4 Black leaders continued to nudge white society for small concessions while at the same time attempting to stifle the more urgent demands of a frustrated black poor.

5 “Listen,” Shelby says, “we don’t live this stuff, it’s just a hobby. We indulge a few days a month. I, for one, do not feel socially stifled by this.”

6 I saw him about to laugh, hard, and he stifled it just in time.

7 Xenocrates looked at her in utter disbelief, and then suddenly released a guffaw that he tried to stifle but couldn’t.

8 I left the kitchen, turning off the TV with a stifled sigh.

9 Their hierarchical, centralising tendencies mean originality and initiative are stifled as a matter of course.

他们的这种等级化 、 集权化倾向意味着,原创精神和首创精神遭到扼杀成了理所当然之事.

10 The time spent theorizing and debating over the fact that God himself had stifled the greatness of human potential.

11 “The fact that I was unable to interpret it did not bother me. It was certainly better to imagine myself becoming famous than maturing into a stifled academic who had never risked a thought.”

12 Furloughs, layoffs, burdened bosses, and stressed coworkers: Tension can stifle your office and kill productivity.

休假 、 裁员 、 承受超负荷的老板 、 处于高压中的同事: 紧张会使你的办公室生活窒息,扼杀你的产能.

13 Still, the disapproval of First Congregational stifled him like the silence a fog brings upon the ocean.

14 It was certainly better to imagine myself becoming famous than maturing into a stifled academic who had never risked a thought.

15 She reads out the descriptions, snorting with stifled laughter: “ ‘Delightfully trimmed in dainty lace, with extra support for the mature figure.’

16 He almost stifled her with caresses.

17 But she would never, under any circumstances, stifle the feelings she had discovered.

18 He stared over at Franny’s prostrate, face-down position on the couch, and heard, probably for the first time, the only partly stifled sounds of anguish coming from her.

19 “Ready to do anything to stifle the truth, and for what? To be kings of their tiny little world? It’s ridiculous.”

20 She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn...

她忍不住打了个哈欠。

1 藏匿

hidden back reservation secretion concealment mew house hide bury harbor shroud secrete stash screen

2 憋闷

stivy

3 克制

controlled restrained control restraint suppression subjugation forbear contain suppress subdue mortify subjugate

4 压制

oppressive repressive suffocating suppression repression strangulation stranglehold oppressiveness press silence suppress muzzle subdue oppress strangle repress extrude squelch keep under stamp on clampdown quench slap down keep down

5 冒烟

smoking smoky smudgy lunt smeech smoke fume funk smudge reek

6 扼杀

strangulation kill knock stifling throttle smother strangle strangulate snuff out garrotte

7 压灭

crucify

8 抑制

low-key restraining repressive inhibitory suppressed suppressive low-keyed restrainedly downhold control discipline denial curb restraint suppression inhibition containment repression bridle forbearance arrestment holddown subdual keep refrain help hold check stop master command clip govern dam suppress inhibit temper withhold tame restrain constrain cork rein subdue gulp coerce repress constrict mortify forbear keep under keep in order keep under control keep a check on in line stay brake constraint strangulation countercheck contain fight pocket arrest swallow squash choke leash baffle depress quench smother strangle quell put a damper on bottle up patience pullback mortification holdback bit bottle chill damp nip to bottle up feelings in restraint of attack dampen fetter damp down hold back choke back

9 消除

effacement lay smooth delete satisfy erase drown disarm quell exterminate deaden efface want out

10 窒息

asphyxy choke apnea choking asphyxia throttle gag smother strangle suffocate asphyxiate damp strangulate choked asphyxiant asphyxial suffocative suffocation asphyxiation airless fusty apnoea dampen oppress strangulation choky

11 阻止

block embargo kibosh ob- stop contain prevent dispute resist prohibit dam discourage suppress forbid inhibit stunt restrain impede obstruct strangle bridle debar jigger nobble countercheck hold stay arrest stem halt scotch resistant obstructive frustration prohibition restraint inhibition discouragement check bar crack foil frustrate cramp deter hamper preclude deflect thwart crimp quash hobble scuttle stymie nix forfend baulk head off rule out choke off pull the plug on discouraging inhibitory prevention detention interception retard stopping arrestment estoppage help break interrupt choke hinder intercept nip blockade rebut forestall overslaugh throwback stoppage

12 遏制

restraint containment stem chasten

13 受抑制

inhibited

14 烟熏

smoke-dried smoking gassing smoke fumigate

15 遏阻

deterrent deterrence countercheck

16 止住

halt stanch

17 控制

manipulative control command restriction grip determination clutch governance grasp manipulation curb mastery restraint dominion domination rein tyranny containment keep school run condition rule contain determine direct master cure restrict dominate regulate govern manipulate seize dictate tame overtake restrain hijack modulate repress call the tune hold back keep to get a grip take possession keep down hold sway

18 呼吸困难

short-winded dyspnoeic smotheration dyspnea smother suffocate

19 使呼吸困难

smother suffocate

20 使窒息

asphyxiant suffocative throttle choke smother strangle asphyxiate suffocate dampen strangulate

21 制止

deterrent interdit detn. check stay lid detention restraint suppression deterrence rebuff interdict holdback stopping quietus counter hold break cut rest restrict withhold deter restrain barge nip rebuke rebut checkmate stanch embar help prevent suppress inhibit preclude trig put the stoppers on

22 熄灭

extinct out extinction extinguish snuff out dead extinguishment die expire damp choke quench snuff douse smother suffocate slake

23 喘不上气

winded

24 忍住

resist refrain suppress smother strangle gulp strangulate

25 闷住

smother

26 窒闷

close stuffy airless stifling fuggy closeness suffocation fug suffocate strangle

27 压抑

frustrated oppressive cramped oppressed oppression repression suppress smother repress

28 气闷

stifling

29 扑灭

extinguish quench

30 使停止

stop put a stopper on

31 闷死

smother suffocate worry choke

32 镇压

repressive crush oppression suppression repression crackdown suppress squash scotch depress subdue unzip snuff repress quell quash dragoon squelch bring under hold under crack down on get under stamp on break smash muffle suppressive subjugation lay subjugate

33 打垮

overcrow take trim rout overtake smear wallop whop

34 透不过气

smothery smother

35 膝关节

knee knuckle

36 抑止

jugulate stay

37 隐蔽

blind occult latent masked veiled doggo shelter smother shroud camouflage keep under wraps under a bushel private underground closet obscure undercover covert privy hideaway coy suppressive cover secrecy concealment wrap mask hood conceal mantle hoodwink enshroud crypto-