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

The atmosphere in the crowded hall became so stifling that two of the women passed out.
拥挤不堪的大厅里闷得令人窒息，两个妇女晕了过去。
Into the stifling smoke plunged the desperate woman.
冲进呛人烟雾的是那位绝望的妇女。
It really takes that level of belief to overcome the obstacles that we see preventing progress, stifling creativity.
真的是需要有那种程度的信心，才能克服我们所目睹的种种阻止进步，扼杀创造力的障碍。
The government accused the company of bullying its rivals and stifling competition.
政府指责这家公司威胁其对手，并且扼杀竞争。
Our next PR blunder: crackdown and stifling surveillance of western Muslims.
我们的另一个公关蠢行：对西方的穆斯林展开打压和令人窒息的监控。
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 felt as if I was stifling.
我觉得好像要窒息了。
Where it is not needed, it has only started to give up its habit of stifling private enterprise.
只在一些不必要的地方，印度政府开始放弃压制私有企业发展的习惯。
These measures will have the effect of stifling competition.
这些措施会产生扼杀竞争的后果。
I had to get out of there. it's so stifling.
我得出去逛逛，我快闷死了。