stifle
stifle 英 [ˈstaɪfl] 美 [ˈstaɪfəl]
vt. 扼杀；使窒息；藏匿 vi. 窒息；被扼杀 n. （马等的）后膝关节；（马等的）[动] 后膝关节病
进行时:stifling 过去式:stifled 过去分词:stifled 第三人称单数:stifles 名词复数:stifles
- To stifle is to cut off, hold back, or smother. You may stifle your cough if you don't want to interrupt a lecture or you may stifle the competition if you fear losing.
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- vt. 扼杀；使窒息；藏匿
- vi. 窒息；被扼杀
- n. （马等的）后膝关节；（马等的）[动] 后膝关节病
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1. If you try to stifle innovation too quickly, you lose the next wave.
如果你这么快就扼杀了创新，你就会错失下一波机会。
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2. The technology industry, she said, was coming under the sway of a dominant behemoth, one that had the potential to stifle innovation and squash its competitors.
她说，高科技产业逐渐受到一个占优势的庞然大物，一头有可能窒息创新并压扁竞争对手的巨兽的支配。
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3. Countries also have to stop dangerous border barriers to the trade in food, which put neighbors in need at greater risk and stifle signals to stimulate more production.
各国也必须取消阻碍食品贸易的危险的边境障碍，因为这些障碍使有需要的邻国陷于更大风险，扼杀刺激增产的信号。
- stifle (v.) late 14c., "to choke, suffocate, drown," of uncertain origin, possibly an alteration of Old French estouffer "to stifle, smother" (Modern French étouffer), itself of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Germanic source (compare Old High German stopfon "to plug up, stuff"). Metaphoric sense is from 1570s. Related: Stifled; stifling.
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