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

英英释义

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

双语例句

• I am stifling in this close room.
  在这个窄狭的房间里面我感到憋闷。
• I'm stifling in this hot room.
  我在这么热的房间里要闷死了。
• Running in the morning is the best way to avoid hot weather, heat stroke, and stifling humidity.
  晨跑是避免热天、中暑、和沉闷潮湿感的最好选择。
• 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。
• I felt as if I was stifling.
  我觉得好像要窒息了。
• These measures will have the effect of stifling competition.
  这些措施会产生扼杀竞争的后果。
• 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。
• I had to get out of there. it's so stifling.
  我得出去逛逛，我快闷死了。
• Into the stifling smoke plunged the desperate woman.
  冲进呛人烟雾的是那位绝望的妇女。
• 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。