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

I felt as if I was stifling.
我觉得好像要窒息了。
Our next PR blunder: crackdown and stifling surveillance of western Muslims.
我们的另一个公关蠢行：对西方的穆斯林展开打压和令人窒息的监控。
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。
We had to deal with a lot of stifling bureaucracy.
我们必须对付大量误事的官僚作风。
Running in the morning is the best way to avoid hot weather, heat stroke, and stifling humidity.
晨跑是避免热天、中暑、和沉闷潮湿感的最好选择。
The Nordic story is not one of behemoth-like states stifling entrepreneurship, innovation and individuality.
北欧讲述的不是庞然大物般的政府扼杀了创业精神、创新和个性的故事。
It really takes that level of belief to overcome the obstacles that we see preventing progress, stifling creativity.
真的是需要有那种程度的信心，才能克服我们所目睹的种种阻止进步，扼杀创造力的障碍。
I had to get out of there. it's so stifling.
我得出去逛逛，我快闷死了。
I am stifling in this close room.
在这个窄狭的房间里面我感到憋闷。
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。