stymied

英 [ˈstaɪmid]

美 [ˈstaɪmid]

v.  阻挠; 阻碍; 阻止; 妨碍
stymie的过去分词和过去式

COCA.38135

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。

双语例句

• How African governments handle corruption and other governance matters will determine how they manage the major infrastructure challenges that have crippled much of the region and stymied development.
  非洲各国政府如何处理腐败和其它治理问题，将决定它们如何应对已影响到非洲大部分地区且阻碍发展的巨大基础设施挑战。
• Not only are talks between the White House and congressional leaders stymied, but discordant factions have emerged within the two main political parties, further complicating a debt agreement.
  不仅是白宫与国会领袖之间的会谈受阻，就连两党内部也出现了不和谐现象，致使有关舒解债务问题的协商，更形复杂。
• Though I'm not a shy person, I felt stymied.
  我并不是一个内向的人，但是却在人际交往中感觉到了障碍。
• But now they have an opportunity to fix the problem that has stymied successful co-operation on climate change.
  但现在，他们有一个机会，去解决阻碍气候变化合作取得成功的问题。
• I was completely stymied by her refusal to help.
  由于她拒不相助，我完全陷入了困境。
• But bureaucratic and political rivalries between the various municipal and county governments involved have so far stymied attempts to do it.
  但是该项目目前涉及的官僚主义，以及各类市政府与下级政府之间的党派竞争，已经完全妨碍了该工作的开展。
• The difficulties of creating common platforms, tools and supply relationships have stymied successive GM managements since the1980s.
  从上世纪80年代起，打造通用平台、工具和供应链方面的不足始终是困扰通用汽车管理层的一大心病。
• Fulfilling that desire has, however, stymied experts for decades.
  然而愿望达成，却困扰了专家十年之久。
• Overbearing bureaucrats and excessive regulation has stymied entrepreneurship and competition, hurting the efficiency of the domestic corporate sector.
  专断的官僚主义和过分的管制阻碍了企业创新和竞争，降低了公司的效率。
• However, they still view each other with an unease that has stymied efforts to build co-operation and trade in areas such as energy, which has been a cornerstone of the Beijing-Moscow strategic partnership, announced in 1996.
  不过，俄中互相之间仍存在一种不安，这妨碍了两国在能源等领域进行合作和贸易的努力，而能源是北京和莫斯科方面1996年宣布建立的战略伙伴关系的基石。