stifled
past simple and past participle ofstifle
| 单词 | stifled |
| 释义 | stifled past simple and past participle ofstifle stifle verb uk/ˈstaɪ.fəl/us/ˈstaɪ.fəl/stifleverb(NO AIR)[IorT] to (causeto) beunabletobreathebecause you have noair: He is said to have stifled hisvictimwith apillow. Wealmoststifled in theheatof thecity. Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
stifleverb(PREVENT HAPPENING)[T] topreventsomething fromhappening, beingexpressed, orcontinuing: She stifled acough/yawn/scream/sneeze. I don'tknowhow Imanagedto stifle myanger. We should beencouragingnewideas, not stifling them. Preventing and impeding
Examplesofstifledstifled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. As viewpoints become entrenched, creative thought isstifledbecause the subject is believed to be understood. From theCambridge English Corpus Planters displayed a paternalistic concern for their neighbours in the processing, transportation, and sale of their crops, whichstifledpotential conflict. From theCambridge English Corpus If this does not happen the organisation will over time, becomestifledand inflexible with no additional benefit to be gained from these ineffective barriers. From theCambridge English Corpus The result was that some machines were forced off-line and many corporate and other networksstifled. From theCambridge English Corpus Such interwoven signalling cascades can complicate therapeutic intervention, but the outcome could be improved if these signalling events werestifledconcurrently. From theCambridge English Corpus After that period, little traditional knowledge was left for transmission to younger generations, and the desires to teach and to learn werestifled. From theCambridge English Corpus Personal animosity andstifledambition merged with wider monastic concerns to produce an unavoidable conflict. From theCambridge English Corpus Debate on important ethical and political issues should not bestifledin deference to "experts" - not even to expert bioethicists, clinicians, and public health authorities. From theCambridge English Corpus Open enrolment is assumed throughout because otherwise competition would bestifled; however, open enrolment makes self-selection of risks possible, which induces additional regulation. From theCambridge English Corpus While technical limitations hampered the development of mechanical cotton harvesters, social pressures of small farms and the sharecropping systemstifledits adoption36. From theCambridge English Corpus While the idea of socrealizm was still valid it had been clumsily implemented and hadstifledindividual 'free development' necessary to underpin objective truth. From theCambridge English Corpus He'sstifled, dirty and itchy, and unsteady at the ankles. From theCambridge English Corpus In the world of solid objects envisaged by material-culture theorists, however, the flux of materials isstifledand stilled. From theCambridge English Corpus The debate over whether the public sector promoted orstifledartistic endeavors remains volatile even today. From theCambridge English Corpus He also found that clearance provisions stipulating when exhibitors could show moviesstifledcompetition and restricted the exhibitors' ability to compete. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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