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stifling
[英] [ˈstaifliŋ] [美] [ˈstaɪflɪŋ] 生词本

adj.

v.

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1. ADJ-GRADED 令人窒息的;闷热的 Stifling heat is so intense that it makes you feel uncomfortable. You can also use stifling to describe a place that is extremely hot. 

  • 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。

2. ADJ-GRADED (情况)令人窒息的，令人感到压抑的 If a situation is stifling, it makes you feel uncomfortable because you cannot do what you want. 

  • 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。

  • ...a stifling bureaucracy.

    令人窒息的官僚主义

3. See also: stifle;  
Noun

1. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority;

  • "the suppression of heresy"
  • "the quelling of the rebellion"
  • "the stifling of all dissent"
Adjective

1. characterized by oppressive heat and humidity;

  • "the summer was sultry and oppressive"
  • "the stifling atmosphere"
  • "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
1. The weather is stifling. It looks like rain.
今天太闷热，光景是要下雨。

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