及物动词
1. She tried hard to stifle her laughter.
她强忍住笑。
2. The heavy smoke stifled the firemen.
浓烟使消防队员窒息。
3. The smoke stifled the fireman.
浓烟使消防队员窒息。
不及物动词
1. I'm stifling in this hot room.
我在这么热的房间里要闷死了。
1. 窒息：潜行 ( Stealth ) 和隐形 ( Invisibility )震昏 ( Stun )、催眠 ( Mesmerize )、窒息 ( Stifle ) 和媚惑 ( Charm )移除赞助者 ( patrons ) 这个阶级,所有会员赚取的公会地位点数将除以公会内会员的帐号数目 ( 最小值为 6,
2. 使窒息：stifle in the cradle 扼杀在摇篮里 | stifle 使窒息 | stifling 沉闷的
3. 使窒息,闷死：stench of putrefaction 腐烂东西发出的恶臭 | stifle 使窒息,闷死 | strand 使搁浅,使处于困境
4. 阻抑：51Shoreline Ranger沿岸巡逻人SC | 52Stifle阻抑SC | 53Temporal Fissure暂现隙口SC
1. 扼杀;压制;抑止
If someone stifles something you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing.
e.g. Regulations on children stifled creativity...
给孩子们定的各种规矩扼杀了他们的创造力。
e.g. Critics have accused the US of trying to stifle debate.
批评家指责美国试图压制争论。
2. 克制住，忍住(哈欠、笑)
If you stifle a yawn or laugh, you prevent yourself from yawning or laughing.
e.g. She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn...
她忍不住打了个哈欠。
e.g. His hand shot to his mouth to stifle a giggle.
他赶紧捂住嘴，不让自己笑出声来。
3. 克制;压抑
If you stifle your natural feelings or behaviour, you prevent yourself from having those feelings or behaving in that way.
e.g. It is best to stifle curiosity and leave birds' nests alone...
最好能克制住好奇心，不要去碰鸟巢。
e.g. He stifled his temptation to take hold of Ivy and shake her.
他压抑住想要抓住艾薇摇晃她的冲动。
1. 911查询·英语单词
1. Bush said nations must not respond to the crisis by " imposing regulations that would stifle innovation and choke off growth ".
2. What is important is to avoid hasty actions that could stifle and choke financial innovation.
3. They said they would contest the action on the basis that it was an attempt " to stifle all critical commentary about Prince ".
4. 911查询·英语单词
4. Canadian retailers complain the law will confuse customers and sellers, and stifle sales of their top product.
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5. The report says the new system will increase the exporting cost of Chinese manufacturers and stifle their desire to export.
6. Lower investment by OPEC could sharply push up crude prices and this could stifle demand and depress the global economy in the long run.
7. Opposition parties claim that such a law could be used to stifle dissent and restrict freedom of expression.
8. stifle
8. A global economy that recognizes the need for and value of institutional diversity would foster rather than stifle such experimentation and evolution.
9. The gauge tumbled 22 percent last month on concern slowing loan growth will stifle economic expansion.
10. His job is to stifle the opponent's offense before it gets organized and turn the ball over to his more flashy teammates.
noun
1. joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped
corresponds to the human knee
Synonym: knee
verb
1. be asphyxiated
die from lack of oxygen
e.g. The child suffocated under the pillow
Synonym: suffocate asphyxiate
2. smother or suppress
e.g. Stifle your curiosity
Synonym: dampen
3. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
e.g. The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
Synonym: suffocate asphyxiate choke
4. conceal or hide
e.g. smother a yawn
muffle one's anger
strangle a yawn