stymie

英 [ˈstaɪmi]

美 [ˈstaɪmi]

v.  阻挠; 阻碍; 阻止; 妨碍

现在分词：stymieing　过去式：stymied　第三人称单数：stymies　过去分词：stymied　

GRE

COCA.15618

牛津词典

verb

• 阻挠；阻碍；阻止；妨碍
  to prevent sb from doing sth that they have planned or want to do; to prevent sth from happening

柯林斯词典

• VERB 妨碍;阻挠;阻碍
  If youare stymied bysomething, you find it very difficult to take action or to continue what you are doing.
  1. Companies have been stymied by the length of time it takes to reach an agreement...
     由于耗时过长，各公司一直未能达成协议。
  2. Relief efforts have been stymied in recent weeks by armed gunmen.
     最近几周的救援工作一直受到武装分子的阻挠。

英英释义

noun

• a thwarting and distressing situation
  Synonym:stymy
• a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
  Synonym:stymy

verb

• hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  1. His brother blocked him at every turn
  Synonym:obstructblockadeblockhinderstymyembarrass

双语例句

• German imports surged to their highest level in June and are expected to grow further, in a small step towards rebalancing the global economy that analysts said could stymie criticism over Europe's largest economy's export model.
  6月份，德国进口飙升至历史最高水平，且预计将进一步增长，这是迈向全球经济再平衡的一小步。分析师表示，这可以抑制外界对于这个欧洲最大经济体出口模式的批评。
• Companies have been stymied by the length of time it takes to reach an agreement
  由于耗时过长，各公司一直未能达成协议。
• How better to reinvigorate the Alliance ( and generate much-needed economic growth) than a bonfire of the regulatory controls and bureaucratic infighting that still stymie trade and investment.
  让美欧联盟重新焕发活力（并且带来亟需的经济增长），比展开监管控制大战和官僚内斗好太多了，这两者仍在妨碍贸易和投资发展。
• If mediaset wants to compete directly with sky, rather than merely stymie its growth, it will probably have to accept losses in pay-TV.
  mediaset若想跟sky直接竞争，而不是仅仅阻挠其发展，则可能不得不承受付费电视业务亏损。
• The crisis looks set not only to force more yards into insolvency but also to stymie plans to expand shipbuilding capacity further, with some of the proposed new yards in China unlikely to be built.
  此次危机似乎不仅会让更多船厂破产，而且还会让进一步扩大造船产能的计划受挫中国一些拟议的船厂可能不会开工建设了。
• Tony Blair believed he could stymie the nationalist movement with more devolution of powers.
  托尼•布莱尔（TonyBlair）以为他可以通过加大权力下放来阻止民族主义运动。
• Longer term, this artificial support of consumer demand is likely to result in additional price pass-through to end-consumers, which is likely to stymie consumption growth over the intermediate term.
  长期来看，这种虚假的消费需求支持可能会造成额外的价格转嫁给终端消费者，中期内可能会阻碍消费增长。
• Even as China has flung its doors open to global trade, it has erected vast roadblocks to stymie capital flows.
  即便在中国对全球贸易敞开大门之际，中国仍竖起巨大的路障阻碍资本流动。
• But that has done little to stymie the growth of the sport.
  不过这几乎丝毫没有妨碍高尔夫球运动的发展。
• But there are also none to stymie a potential recovery.
  但是那里也没有潜在救球的机会。