stifle是什么意思_音标_用法_例句

简单释义：

v. 扼杀；抑制；压制；阻止

n. (马,狗的)后腿膝关节(病)

网络 使窒息；闷死；镇压

变形：

过去分词：stifled  现在分词：stifling  第三人称单数：stifles  

完整释义：

v.

1.扼杀,压制,遏制
2.使窒息,闷死
3.憋闷;窒息(而死)
4.封住;压抑;抑制,抑制住;忍住;强忍住
5.受抑制
6.镇压,阻止(反叛等)
7.压灭(火等)
8.藏匿,隐蔽,暗中了结
9.〔美俚〕打垮
10.发哑,说不出;咽下;销声匿迹

n.

1.(马、狗的)后腿膝关节(病)

例句：

1. It also foists a stark choice on the Kremlin: to stifle dissent, or to placate protesters to provide some kind of pressure outlet.
   它也给克里姆林宫提出了一个艰难的选择：是打击异见人士，还是安抚抗议者、给人们提供一些释放压力的出口。

2. As for Aunt Pitty, she was nervously trying to stifle a belch, for the rooster they had had for supper was a tough old bird.
   至于皮蒂姑妈，她正神经质地强忍着不要打出嗝来，因为他们那天晚餐吃的是一只硬邦邦的老公鸡。

3. In 1887, to screen the poverty that had begun to worry the middle-class conscience and also to stifle a nascent republican movement.
   在1887年，是为了掩盖使中产阶级惶惶不安的贫困，并窒息一场新生的共和运动。

4. The proposal is a noble idea and a great start, but if not properly thought out could severely stifle economic growth.
   这份提案是一个崇高的理想，也是一个良好的开端，但如果考虑不周，就可能严重抑制经济的增长。

5. The aim, he said, was not to stifle, but to advance competition, growth and prosperity.
   他表示，目标不是抑制而是刺激竞争、发展和繁荣经济。

6. Chinese government officials said the new rule was needed to stifle Internet porn.
   中国政府官员们表示这项新规定对封杀互联网色情活动是需要的。

7. The stifle is strong and there is no slippage of it in motion or when standing.
   站立时或运动中，膝关节结实，没有滑动。

8. The immediate explanation for bringing in such a tax is to stifle property speculation, which many fear is feeding a bubble.
   对于推出此类税收的直接解释是遏制房地产投机——许多人担心，房地产投机正在催生泡沫。