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

Even as in one who at last draws free air, after long stifling with his own polluted breath.
就象是被自己污浊的呼吸长时间窒息之后，终于吸进了自由的空气。
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'm stifling in this hot room.
我在这么热的房间里要闷死了。
Our conversations became stifling – in the end I stopped talking about them altogether because I wasn't getting the refuge I wanted.
我们的对话变得非常沉闷&到最后我停止了诉说，因为我没有寻找到我的避难所。
I had to get out of there. it's so stifling.
我得出去逛逛，我快闷死了。
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。
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。
I felt as if I was stifling.
我觉得好像要窒息了。
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。
Many parents complain that the teaching method in this school is stifling their kids'imagination and creativity.
许多家长抱怨学校的教学方式压抑了孩子们的想象力和创造力。