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

I felt as if I was stifling.
我觉得好像要窒息了。
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。
I am stifling in this close room.
在这个窄狭的房间里面我感到憋闷。
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。
These measures will have the effect of stifling competition.
这些措施会产生扼杀竞争的后果。
If one had habitually breathed the New York air there were times when anything less crystalline seemed stifling.
假如一个人一直习惯于呼吸纽约的空气，那么，有时候，不够清澈的东西似乎就会让他窒息。
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。
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。
It is sultry rather than warm. It's stifling! I can hardly breathe.
这天气与其说暖和不如说闷热。天气太闷热了！我都没法呼吸了。
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。