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

But it also recognises that the separation of banking and broking is stifling development of Japan's financial markets.
但该机构也承认，割裂银行和证券业务的做法，正在抑制日本金融市场的发展。
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。
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。
The World Bank is accusing Israel of stifling the Palestinian economy.
世界银行指责以色列窒息巴勒斯坦的经济。
I am stifling in this close room.
在这个窄狭的房间里面我感到憋闷。
These measures will have the effect of stifling competition.
这些措施会产生扼杀竞争的后果。
Where it is not needed, it has only started to give up its habit of stifling private enterprise.
只在一些不必要的地方，印度政府开始放弃压制私有企业发展的习惯。
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。
I had to get out of there. it's so stifling.
我得出去逛逛，我快闷死了。
I felt as if I was stifling.
我觉得好像要窒息了。