stifle
🇺🇸
/ˈstaɪfl/
🇬🇧
/ˈstaɪfl/
verb
R
to stop something from happening or being expressed
The new rules stifle creativity and free thinking.
新しい規則は創造性と自由な思考を抑制する。
R
to have trouble breathing or make someone unable to breathe due to heat or lack of air
The thick smoke made it hard to breathe and began to stifle everyone in the room.
濃い煙で呼吸が困難になり、部屋中の人々を窒息させ始めた。
translation
阻止する；抑圧する, 窒息する；息苦しくする
語形変化
3rd Present
stifles
Past
stifled
Perfect
stifled
Progressive
stifling