1.[t]~ sth压制；扼杀；阻止；抑制to prevent sth from happening; to prevent a feeling from being expressed
She managed to stifle a yawn.她忍住了哈欠。
They hope the new rules will not stifle creativity.他们希望新规则不会压制创意。
The government failed to stifle the unrest.政府没有制止住动乱。
2.[i][t]（使）窒息，无法自如地呼吸，感觉窒闷to feel unable to breathe, or to make sb unable to breathe, because it is too hot and/or there is no fresh air
I felt I was stifling in the airless room.在那间闷气的房间里我感觉都快憋死了。
Most of the victims were stifled by the fumes.多数受害者是因烟雾窒息而死的。
My major concern was that a large bureaucracy, however organized, tends to stifle creativity.
我主要担心的是，一个庞大的政府机构，无论组织得多么好，也容易窒息创造性。
He said the protests represent a backlash to Beijing's efforts to stifle human rights and religious freedom in Tibetan areas of China.
他说，抗议活动是对中国政府在西藏地区压制人权和宗教信仰自由的反弹。
I try not to stifle his desire to be independent, and more importantly, I try not to act like it bothers me that he is picky.
我不会扼杀他想独立的愿望，我也不会觉得，他挑剔是一件令我苦恼的事。
There is no doubt that this will stifle the advance of the science around search engines.
毫无疑问这将抑制搜索引擎科学的进步。
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。
And I was trying to stifle the impulse to go to the drawer of the kitchen table and get a knife and defend myself.
我当时真想从抽屉里拿把菜刀进行自卫，然而我却竭尽全力抑制住了这种冲动。
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。
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。
Internet ideas are rarely patented and rightly so, he says: patents create a temporary monopoly which tends to stifle competition.
他称，互联网创意很少有专利保护，也理应如此，专利引发暂时性垄断，而这往往会遏制竞争。
Good governance does not consist of a set of shackles and business controls that stifle creativity.
良好的治理不包含抑制创造性的束缚和业务控制。
Just when you think you have your personal life under control everything will change. Minor health issues will stifle social activity.
当你认为自己的个人生活在掌控之中时，一切都会发生变化。
Don't let a critic cramp your style, or stifle your confidence. Stand up for yourself and both of you just might end up good friends.
别让他人的批评妨碍你或减损你的自信，捍卫自己，批评者最后可能是你的好友。
Even the most authoritarian regimes accept that it is no longer possible to suppress all information and stifle every criticism.
即使最独裁的政权也承认，要压制所有信息、封锁所有批评，已经不再可能。
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。
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。
The honeymoon was not until we ceased to stifle our sigh and began to stifle our yawn.
在我们忍不住叹气并开始忍住呵欠之前，蜜月是还未度过的哪。
Act quickly, and we might be able to stifle the disease in its earliest stages.
行动迅速，我们就能在最早阶段遏制疾病。
Rules that stifle competition should be struck out in industries from health care to road transport.
医疗、道路运输这些工业中遏制竞争的法规都应该废除。
Some Tibet experts said Beijing aims to stifle internal party dissent about Tibet policy and is, in particular, squelching liberal voices.
一些西藏问题专家表示﹐北京此举意在压制党内在西藏政策上的不同声音﹐特别是自由主义倾向。
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。
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