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

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

We had to deal with a lot of stifling bureaucracy.
我们必须对付大量误事的官僚作风。
I felt I was stifling in the airless room.
在那间闷气的屋子里我感觉都快要憋死了。
Even as in one who at last draws free air, after long stifling with his own polluted breath.
就象是被自己污浊的呼吸长时间窒息之后，终于吸进了自由的空气。
I'm stifling in this hot room.
我在这么热的房间里要闷死了。
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。
An increase in interest rates will undoubtedly result in an immediate stifling of any increase in economic activity.
提高利率无疑会导致立即抑制经济活动中的任何增长。
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 must go out and sit in the garden. The air is stifling here.
我得上外边花园里坐坐。这儿的空气叫人窒息。
I felt as if I was stifling.
我觉得好像要窒息了。
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。