stifling

[美國]/'staɪf(ə)lɪŋ/
[英國]/'staɪflɪŋ/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

adj. 沉悶的
Word Forms
現在分詞stifling
複數stiflings

短語搭配

stifling heat

酷熱

stifling atmosphere

令人窒息的氣氛

stifling regulations

繁瑣的規定

stifling control

嚴格的控制

stifling bureaucracy

繁文縟節的官僚主義

例句

she broke off, stifling a sob.

她突然停止說話,忍住了哭泣。

high taxes were stifling private enterprise.

高額稅收抑制了私營企業的發展。

The stifling heat made it hard to breathe.

悶熱的天氣讓人難以呼吸。

She felt stifling pressure from her boss to work overtime.

她感受到老闆對加班的壓力。

The stifling atmosphere in the meeting room made everyone uncomfortable.

會議室裏的悶熱氣氛讓每個人感到不舒服。

He found the stifling rules at the company stifled his creativity.

他覺得公司的嚴格規定壓制了他的創造力。

The stifling bureaucracy slowed down the decision-making process.

繁文縟節的官僚作風拖慢了決策過程。

She broke free from the stifling constraints of her upbringing.

她擺脫了成長過程中的束縛。

The stifling traffic jam caused delays for hours.

交通擁堵導致了數小時的延誤。

The stifling workload left him feeling exhausted.

繁重的工作量讓他感到精疲力盡。

The stifling regulations made it difficult for small businesses to thrive.

繁雜的規定讓小型企業難以發展。

The stifling humidity in the room made it unbearable to stay inside.

房間裏悶熱的溼氣讓人無法忍受。

原聲例句

Critics of President Maduro are calling the latest anti-hate law a tool to stifling dissent.

評論稱總統馬杜羅利用最新的反仇恨法來扼殺國內的反對聲音。

來源: VOA Video Highlights

It's backbreaking work often performed in stifling heat and humidity.

這份工作非常累人,往往伴隨着令人窒息的悶熱和潮溼。

來源: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

Ceiling fans cut out on stifling summer afternoons.

夏日悶熱的午後,天花板上的吊扇就會停止。

來源: New York Times

" Yes, I am stifling; let us go" .

" 是的,我悶死了;走吧。"

來源: Madame Bovary (Part Two)

Those who live there do not find this stifling.

住在那裏的人並不覺得這令人窒息。

來源: The Economist (Summary)

The fire in the oven had died but the room was stifling hot.

那兒爐子裏的火已經滅了,但還是悶熱得很。

來源: Gone with the Wind

Since then, security forces have kept a stifling grip on Algeria.

從那時起,安全部隊一直對阿爾及利亞保持着扼殺性的控制。

來源: The Guardian (Article Version)

Although stifling heat has gone down over the last 2 days.

儘管這兩天氣溫有所下降。

來源: AP Listening Collection July 2015

Meanwhile economically stifling lockdown saw the unemployment rate soared to 34 percent.

與此同時,令人窒息的經濟封鎖導致失業率飆升至34%。

來源: VOA Standard English_Africa

He'd grown to hate the stifling conventions of bourgeois society.

他早已痛恨資產階段社會中 令人窒息的條規。

來源: BBC documentary "Civilization"

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