stifle

verb

1. 压制；扼杀；阻止；抑制
   to prevent sth from happening; to prevent a feeling from being expressed
   1. She managed to stifle a yawn.
      她忍住了呵欠。
   2. They hope the new rules will not stifle creativity.
      他们希望新规则不会压制创意。
   3. The government failed to stifle the unrest.
      政府没有制止住动乱。
2. （使）窒息，无法自如地呼吸，感觉窒闷
   to feel unable to breathe, or to make sb unable to breathe, because it is too hot and/or there is no fresh air
   1. I felt I was stifling in the airless room.
      在那间闷气的屋子里我感觉都快憋死了。
   2. Most of the victims were stifled by the fumes.
      多数受害者是因烟雾窒息而死的。

1. VERB 扼杀;压制;抑止
   If someone stifles something you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing.
   1. Regulations on children stifled creativity...
      给孩子们定的各种规矩扼杀了他们的创造力。
   2. Critics have accused the US of trying to stifle debate.
      批评家指责美国试图压制争论。
2. VERB 克制住，忍住(哈欠、笑)
   If you stifle a yawn or laugh, you prevent yourself from yawning or laughing.
   1. She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn...
      她忍不住打了个哈欠。
   2. 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. VERB 克制;压抑
   If you stifle your natural feelings or behaviour, you prevent yourself from having those feelings or behaving in that way.
   1. 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。
   2. 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. State bureaucracies can tend to stifle enterprise and initiative.
   国家的官僚体制往往会扼杀人们的事业心和积极性。
2. Gritting my teeth, I did my best to stifle one or two remarks
   我咬紧牙关，硬是吞回了几句话。
3. He managed to stifle the spasmodic sobs of panic rising in his throat
   他惊慌得差一点哭了起来，不过还是竭力地克制住了。
4. Regulations on children stifled creativity
   给孩子们定的各种规矩扼杀了他们的创造力。
5. Critics have accused the US of trying to stifle debate.
   批评家指责美国试图压制争论。
6. She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn
   她忍不住打了个哈欠。
7. His hand shot to his mouth to stifle a giggle.
   他赶紧捂住嘴，不让自己笑出声来。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. Do nothing to stifle the initiative of local authorities.
    不要压制地方的积极性。
11. If you try to stifle innovation too quickly, you lose the next wave.
    如果你这么快就扼杀了创新，你就会错失下一波机会。
12. Good governance does not consist of a set of shackles and business controls that stifle creativity.
    良好的治理不包含抑制创造性的束缚和业务控制。
13. 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。
14. You spread ignorance, lies and poison; you stifle thought, freedom and intellect.
    你传播愚昧无知，谎言和毒害；你禁锢思想，自由和智慧。
15. Eliminating complexity would stifle innovation.
    消除复杂性会扼杀创新。
16. That would stifle a great deal more than political debate and dissent.
    这将窒息太多的内容，远远不止政治辩论和异议。
17. Too many rules tend to stifle innovation.
    多的规则往往会抑制创新。
18. Their belief in redistribution and central planning reveals an urge to stifle opportunity and a mistrust of individual empowerment.
    他们对于再分配和中央计划的信念，暴露了一种扼杀机会的冲动和对个人赋权的怀疑。
19. It would stifle initiative and invention.
    它将扼杀主动性、创造性。
20. People will doubtless protest that such a rigid system would stifle creativity.
    人们无疑会抗议，这样一种严格的制度会扼杀创造力。
21. Critics of the Obama plan argue it would "stifle innovation" in the derivatives market.
    奥巴马计划的批评者辩称，这将“抑制”衍生品市场的“创新”。
22. What ought to have been done, and what shall be done, often stifle doing between them.
    什么事应该做完了，什么事应该做，在它们之间经常是被扼杀的行动。
23. The Administration should stifle the impulse to compare Iraq to conflicts past.
    政府应该抑制把伊拉克和过去的冲突相比较的冲动。
24. Some may worry that this may stifle innovation.
    某些人可能会担心这样的措施会压制创新。
25. I do not stifle this conscience and I do not deform it;
    对良知，不扼杀，也不扭曲；
26. Such an objective would stifle innovation and undermine management autonomy and responsibility.
    那样的目标会扼杀创新，损害管理自主权和责任。
27. I fear the conservative attitudes which accompany such a greying may suffocate initiative and stifle dynamism.
    我担心，伴随年老而来的保守态度，可能会扼杀主动性和活力。
28. Excuse me while I stifle a yawn.
    抱歉，我忍住了一个哈欠。
29. Do I stifle their initiative?
    我是否抑制了他们的创造性？
30. But this would stifle innovation and creativity.
    但这种监管将扼杀创新与创造力。

noun

1. joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped

   Synonym:    knee

verb

1. be asphyxiated
   1. The child suffocated under the pillow

   Synonym:    suffocateasphyxiate

2. smother or suppress
   1. Stifle your curiosity

   Synonym:    dampen

3. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
   1. The foul air was slowly suffocating the children

   Synonym:    suffocateasphyxiatechoke

4. conceal or hide
   1. smother a yawn
   2. muffle one's anger
   3. strangle a yawn

   Synonym:    smotherstranglemufflerepress