v. 扼杀，抑制；强忍住，压抑（感情）；（使）窒息，（使）喘不上气
n. （马、狗等动物的）后膝关节，后膝髌
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复数
stifles
第三人称单数
stifles
现在分词
stifling
过去式
stifled
过去分词
stifled
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词根：stifle
adj.
stifling 令人窒息的；沉闷的
v.
stifling 使窒息；粉碎（stifle的现在分词）
1.Viktor Orban, the prime minister, says further cuts will stifle his country's economic recovery.
首相维克托•奥班认为继续紧缩财政将会不利于匈牙利的经济复苏。
2.Think owning a franchise will stifle your creative side?
你觉得开连锁店等于扼杀自己的创造力吗？
3.State bureaucracies can tend to stifle enterprise and initiative.
国家官僚体制会压抑人的进取心和积极性。
4.The food did nothing to stifle her queasiness.
这些食物也没能遏制住她的恶心感。
5.They hope the new rules will not stifle creativity.
他们希望新规则不会压制创意。
6.Could a premature or overenthusiastic fiscal tightening stifle the recovery?
那么一个过早实施的财政紧缩政策会将经济复苏扼杀于摇篮之中吗？
7.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。
8.Mr Abbas's heavies have used force to stifle critics.
阿巴斯的保镖们使用武力遏制批评之声。
9.B vitamins can help stifle homocysteine, an amino acid that damages blood vessels.
维生素b可以帮助阻止高半胱氨酸，它是损害血管的一种氨基酸。