stifling

[美]/'staɪf(ə)lɪŋ/
[英]/'staɪflɪŋ/
词频: 极高

释义

adj. 沉闷的
词形变化
现在分词stifling
复数stiflings

短语搭配

stifling heat

酷热

stifling atmosphere

令人窒息的气氛

stifling regulations

繁琐的规定

stifling control

严格的控制

stifling bureaucracy

繁文缛节的官僚主义

例句

she broke off, stifling a sob.

她突然停止说话,忍住了哭泣。

high taxes were stifling private enterprise.

高额税收抑制了私营企业的发展。

The stifling heat made it hard to breathe.

闷热的天气让人难以呼吸。

She felt stifling pressure from her boss to work overtime.

她感受到老板对加班的压力。

The stifling atmosphere in the meeting room made everyone uncomfortable.

会议室里的闷热气氛让每个人感到不舒服。

He found the stifling rules at the company stifled his creativity.

他觉得公司的严格规定压制了他的创造力。

The stifling bureaucracy slowed down the decision-making process.

繁文缛节的官僚作风拖慢了决策过程。

She broke free from the stifling constraints of her upbringing.

她摆脱了成长过程中的束缚。

The stifling traffic jam caused delays for hours.

交通拥堵导致了数小时的延误。

The stifling workload left him feeling exhausted.

繁重的工作量让他感到精疲力尽。

The stifling regulations made it difficult for small businesses to thrive.

繁杂的规定让小型企业难以发展。

The stifling humidity in the room made it unbearable to stay inside.

房间里闷热的湿气让人无法忍受。

原声例句

Critics of President Maduro are calling the latest anti-hate law a tool to stifling dissent.

评论称总统马杜罗利用最新的反仇恨法来扼杀国内的反对声音。

来源: VOA Video Highlights

It's backbreaking work often performed in stifling heat and humidity.

这份工作非常累人,往往伴随着令人窒息的闷热和潮湿。

来源: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

Ceiling fans cut out on stifling summer afternoons.

夏日闷热的午后,天花板上的吊扇就会停止。

来源: New York Times

" Yes, I am stifling; let us go" .

" 是的,我闷死了;走吧。"

来源: Madame Bovary (Part Two)

Those who live there do not find this stifling.

住在那里的人并不觉得这令人窒息。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

The fire in the oven had died but the room was stifling hot.

那儿炉子里的火已经灭了,但还是闷热得很。

来源: Gone with the Wind

Since then, security forces have kept a stifling grip on Algeria.

从那时起,安全部队一直对阿尔及利亚保持着扼杀性的控制。

来源: The Guardian (Article Version)

Although stifling heat has gone down over the last 2 days.

尽管这两天气温有所下降。

来源: AP Listening Collection July 2015

Meanwhile economically stifling lockdown saw the unemployment rate soared to 34 percent.

与此同时,令人窒息的经济封锁导致失业率飙升至34%。

来源: VOA Standard English_Africa

He'd grown to hate the stifling conventions of bourgeois society.

他早已痛恨资产阶段社会中 令人窒息的条规。

来源: BBC documentary "Civilization"

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