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

• 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。
• Running in the morning is the best way to avoid hot weather, heat stroke, and stifling humidity.
  晨跑是避免热天、中暑、和沉闷潮湿感的最好选择。
• 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。
• 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。
• I am stifling in this close room.
  在这个窄狭的房间里面我感到憋闷。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many parents complain that the teaching method in this school is stifling their kids'imagination and creativity.
  许多家长抱怨学校的教学方式压抑了孩子们的想象力和创造力。
• I had to get out of there. it's so stifling.
  我得出去逛逛，我快闷死了。
• Into the stifling smoke plunged the desperate woman.
  冲进呛人烟雾的是那位绝望的妇女。