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
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.- 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。 - 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。
- Companies have been stymied by the length of time it takes to reach an agreement...
英英释义
noun
- a thwarting and distressing situation
- a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
verb
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- His brother blocked him at every turn
双语例句
- But Baugur has attempted to stymie the process by filing for protection from its creditors in Reykjavik.
但baugur试图通过申请针对其冰岛债权人的破产保护,以阻挠上述进程。 - 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。 - 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。 - Xstrata raised its offer for a Saharan iron ore Explorer by 20 per cent on Wednesday in an attempt to stymie rival interest from a China steelmaking consortium.
斯特拉塔(xstrata)周三将其对撒哈拉铁矿石开发商的出价提高了20%,试图以此阻挠一家中国钢铁制造财团的竞争。 - Its attempt to stymie the initiative by persuading other western nations to boycott the bank has backfired.
美国试图说服其他西方国家抵制这家银行,从而阻挠这项计划,结果却事与愿违。 - 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。 - 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。 - Botched implementations can stymie product and service deliveries and prove extremely costly in at least the short term.
拙劣的(软件)实施会妨碍产品和服务的交付,而且至少在短期内代价也是相当昂贵的。 - Those inconsistencies, the report says, stymie attainment of crucial environmental objectives.
该报告说,这些矛盾妨碍了实现重要的环境目标的工作。 - 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。