stifle

英['staifl]美['staifl]

v.
1.[T]使不能呼吸，窒息，抑制
2.[I]窒息，闷死

同：	[n.] knee [v.] asphyxiate, dampen, muffle, suffocate
反：	[v.] excite, stimulate

As a form, the Party stereotype is not only unsuitable for expressing the revolutionary spirit but is apt to stifle it
党八股这个形式，不但不便于表现革命精神，而且非常容易使革命精神窒息。收藏
But for all its half-truth, it embodies a radical error which bids fair to stifle the genius of the modern world.
但是这个片面道理却包含着一个本性的错误，它抑制了天才智慧。收藏
The smoke fille the room and almost stifle the firemen.
屋里浓烟弥漫呛得消防队员喘不过气来。收藏
The flower that wreathe his parlor stifle him with their sensuous perfume.
包围著客厅的花以其刺激人的香味使他窒息。收藏
All Villefort's influence barely enabled him to stifle the secret Dants had so nearly divulged
维尔福的全部力量都用在封住那几乎被唐太斯所泄漏的秘密上了。收藏

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joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
[同] knee, stifle

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