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A few voices protested: wasn't the home secretary stifling the group's right to say unpopular things in hopes of a political boost?

有一些反对的声音：内相先生是否是借压抑该团体说出不受欢迎的事情的权力而寄望于得到政治上的宣传？

i wish i could cry but i failed. i can't breath in the stifling pain as if i am pressed down by a heavy stone.

我希望我能哭出来，但甚至我连这也失败了。在这令人窒息的痛苦中我不能呼吸。好像被石头压住了胸口

The team did not report through IBM's stifling bureaucracy, but directly to the top of the company.

这个小组直接向公司高层汇报工作，而不需要通过IBM令人窒息的官僚机构。

Genuinely sympathetic to his employer's grief, he would reply neutrally, stifling his impulse to state that the crash was just an accident.

里斯-琼斯从心里同情这位老板的悲伤，回答时不置可否，压下了告诉他这只是一次事故的冲动。

At lASt, AS midday approached with its stifling heat, something floating on the surface of the water caught his eye.

终于，热得可令人窒息的正午将临的时候，水面上漂着的一样东西吸引了他的目光。

It was a heavy, stifling red, as though the light were shining through bowls of blood.

这是种冲击力强、叫人出不上来气的红色，就好像光线是穿过盛了血的碗照过来的。

Being self-conscious is stifling. My toddler brings more attention to her Buddha belly than I ever would. But she also has more fun.

有自知之明会压抑个性的发挥。我的宝贝会比我更关注她的胖嘟嘟的小肚子，但她还是有那么多快乐。

Stifling air enfolded him, sticking his shirt to his chest and his hair to his forehead. He felt a moment of even greater panic.

沉闷的空气席卷着他，他的衣服粘上他的胸口，他的头发粘上他的前额。他有一会儿甚至觉得极度慌恐。

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。

This refusal to put up with the old stifling paradigms is helping the shift toward the Light and was inevitable.

这个拒绝套用旧的沉闷的范例正帮助完成到光的转变，这是不可避免的。

Some just prefer to sleep outside, to keep watch over their property, or to get out from the stifling heat indoors.

还有的只是喜欢睡在室外，方便看守他们的财产，或者是为了远离室内的闷热。

Walid bin Attash complained that he does not trust his attorneys, and said the government is stifling his defense.

瓦利德•本•阿塔什抱怨说，他不信任辩护律师，并说美国政府对他的辩护进行压制。

I am sitting at the moment in a stifling hotel room in 90-degree heat, halfway down an air shaft, in midtown.

此刻，气温高达华氏90度，我正坐在中城区一家酒店叫人透不过气的客房里，置身于通风井不上不下的位置。

Later , I saw her as a tragic figure , trapped by a bad marriage and a stifling royal system .

后来，我看到她作为一个悲剧人物，被困在一个坏的婚姻和令人窒息的皇室制度。

"Sharing that economic insight could go a long way toward stifling criticism at home and abroad, " said the report.

报告表示：“从这个经济视角来看问题，可能对平息国内外的批评大有帮助。”

Compounding the problem was the fact that some faculty members felt that making students write correctly was stifling their creativity.

使这一问题更加严重的是，一些教师认为让学生正确地书写就会扼杀他们的创造性。

So when there's stifling or annoying circumstances and I can't express my feelings, I let out a scream.

所以，遇到郁闷烦恼的状况，无法表达情绪时，我就去大喊几声。

The doctors declared that she must have medical treatment, and therefore kept her in the stifling atmosphere of the town.

医生们说病人离不开医疗帮助，所以还是让她呆在空气窒息的城里。

The big increase in state ownership and regulation over the last few years is stifling growth and holding back vital investment, they say.

他们说，过去几年国有控制和监管力度大大增强，扼杀了增长并对重要投资造成了阻碍。

Just a few minutes ago, as I sat reading my paper in the library, a stifling wave of remorse swept over me. Guiltily I came to your bedside.

那是几分钟前，我在书房看书的时候，突然一股强烈的悔意，充满了我的心，使我失去了抗御，使我感到内疚地来到你的床沿。