The technology industry was coming under the sway of a dominant behemoth, one that had the potential to stifle innovation and squash its competitors.

科技行业正在受到一个占据主导地位的庞然大物的影响，这个庞然大物有可能扼杀创新，打压竞争对手。

She managed to stifle a yawn.

她忍住了呵欠。

She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn.

她并未试图忍住一个哈欠。

The government failed to stifle the unrest.

政府没有制止住动乱。

The food did nothing to stifle her queasiness.

这些食物也没能遏制住她的恶心感。

They hope the new rules will not stifle creativity.

他们希望新规则不会压制创意。

It is best to stifle curiosity and leave birds' nests alone.

最好忍住好奇心，别碰鸟巢。

Gritting my teeth, I did my best to stifle one or two remarks.

我咬紧牙关，硬是把一两句意见咽了回去。

State bureaucracies can tend to stifle enterprise and initiative.

国家官僚体制会压抑人的进取心和积极性。

He managed to stifle the spasmodic sobs of panic rising in his throat.

他竭力地抑制了自己，没从喉咙中发出惊恐的哭声。

John clapped his hands on the ill-fated pirate's mouth to stifle the dying groan.

约翰用手捂住那个倒霉的海盗的嘴，想止住他临死前的呻吟。

Dickon laughed so that he was obliged to stifle the sound by putting his arm over his mouth.

狄肯笑了起来，他不得不用他的胳膊捂住他的嘴，把声音压住。

We lack air and we stifle.

如果我们缺少它们，我们便缺少空气，不能呼吸。

How Creating a Business Plan Can Stifle Your Business?

创建一封商业计划会怎样扼杀你的事业？

Mr Abbas’s heavies have used force to stifle critics.

阿巴斯的保镖们使用武力遏制批评之声。

Mr Abbas's heavies have used force to stifle critics.

阿巴斯的保镖们使用武力遏制批评之声。

Think owning a franchise will stifle your creative side?

你觉得开连锁店等于扼杀自己的创造力吗？

We don't mean to stifle your creativity — quite the opposite.

我们并不想扼杀您的创造力——其实正好相反。

Groups, though, if badly organised, can stifle lofty ambitions.

但如果组织不善，群体就会扼杀人们蓬勃的抱负。

Unable to stifle the song, Goebbels vented his anger on the singer.

由于无法阻止这首歌的播出，戈培尔便将怒火发泄到了歌手身上。

That could stifle the supply of credit and cause more banks to fail.

这会遏止信贷供给，导致更多的银行破产。

Could a premature or overenthusiastic fiscal tightening stifle the recovery?

那么一个过早实施的财政紧缩政策会将经济复苏扼杀于摇篮之中吗？

As we grow up and "mature" many of us stifle or deny our natural curiosity.

随着我们长大“成熟”，许多人遏止或拒绝我们好奇的天性。

Act quickly, and we might be able to stifle the disease in its earliest stages.

行动迅速，我们就能在最早阶段遏制疾病。

The story turns on whether broader changes in bookselling will stifle literature.

故事中最主要的话题是售书业的大变革是否会抑制文学。

B vitamins can help stifle homocysteine, an amino acid that damages blood vessels.

维生素b可以帮助阻止高半胱氨酸，它是损害血管的一种氨基酸。

Our house is small.Less than 700 square feet.She heard every sound I couldn't stifle.

我们的房子很小，还不足700平方英尺，我不能抑止的每一次声响她都能听到。

Our house is small. Less than 700 square feet. She heard every sound I couldn't stifle.

我们的房子很小，还不足700平方英尺，我不能抑止的每一次声响她都能听到。

Viktor Orban, the prime minister, says further cuts will stifle his country's economic recovery.

首相维克托•奥班认为继续紧缩财政将会不利于匈牙利的经济复苏。