stifle是什么意思

短语搭配

(1)stifle bone后膝盖骨；髌骨

(2)stifle growth抑制增长

双语例句

(1)He stopped a groan and began to look for a solution.

他停止了叹息，开始寻找解决办法。

(2)He stifled the vegetative on the bed with a pillow.

他用枕头闷死了躺在病床上的植物人。

(3)The vet is carefully examining the horse's stifle.

兽医正在仔细检查这匹马的膝关节。

(4)I don't know how I managed to stifle my anger.

我不知道我是怎么忍住怒火的

(5)And yet another European data privacy legislation is already pending, and it could stifle companies that rely on data.

同时另一项欧洲数据隐私法也在等待通过阶段，这可能会将依赖数据的公司逼入绝路。

(6)The technology industry was coming under the sway of a dominant behemoth, one that had the potential to stifle innovation and squash its competitors.

科技行业正在受到一个占据主导地位的庞然大物的影响，这个庞然大物有可能扼杀创新，打压竞争对手。

(7)She managed to stifle a yawn.

她忍住了呵欠。

(8)She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn.

她并未试图忍住一个哈欠。

(9)The government failed to stifle the unrest.

政府没有制止住动乱。

(10)The food did nothing to stifle her queasiness.

这些食物也没能遏制住她的恶心感。

同义词

vt. 扼杀；使窒息；藏匿

vi. 窒息；被扼杀

反义词

同根词

词根 stifle

(1)stifling adj. 令人窒息的；沉闷的v. 使窒息；粉碎（stifle的现在分词）

释义

v.

make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate

使憋闷；使窒息

those in the streets were stifled by the fumes

烟雾使街上的人喘不过气来

[as adj. stifling]stifling heat.

窒息人的热度。

restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion)

抑制（反应）；使停止

she stifled a giggle

她停止了咯咯的傻笑

she stifled a desire to turn and flee

她抑制住转身逃走的欲望

[as adj. stifled]she gave a stifled cry of disappointment.

她失望得发出一声压抑的喊叫。

prevent or constrain (an activity or idea)

阻止（活动，想法）；抑制（活动，想法）

high taxes were stifling private enterprise.

高额税收抑制了私营企业的发展。

n.

a joint in the legs of horses, dogs, and other animals, equivalent to the knee in humans

（马、狗等动物的）后膝关节，后膝髌。

词源

"late Middle English： perhaps from a frequentative of Old French estouffer ‘smother, stifle’. Middle English： of unknown origin."

考纲分布

近9年出现3次

重要程度: 4星

67%; v 扼杀; 抑制

33%; v (使)窒息

考纲释义

( 1)v. 扼杀; 抑制

真题例句：

These messages are part of your survival mechanism and should not be stifled simply because emotions are unhealthy and betray your weaknesses.

这些信息是你生存机制的一部分，不应该仅仅因为情绪不健康或暴露你的弱点而被扼杀。[2021年 CET6 听力]

When emotions arise, instead of stifling them, pay attention to them and try to understand the messages they are trying to deliver.

当情绪出现时，不要压抑它们，而是关注它们，并努力理解它们试图传递的信息。[2021年 CET6 听力]

( 2)v. (使)窒息