He drank and stifled a belch.

他喝了一口，强忍住打嗝。

Regulations on children stifled creativity.

对孩子们制定的各种规定压制了创造力。

Most of the victims were stifled by the fumes.

多数受害者是因烟雾窒息而死的。

She stifled another yawn and tried hard to look interested.

她又忍住了哈欠，竭力显出感兴趣的样子。

Rosanna stifled a huge yawn.

罗莎娜强忍住没打哈欠。

The two world wars, which interrupted the supply of raw material from Japan, also stifled the European silk industry.

两次世界大战中断了来自日本的原材料的供应，也扼杀了欧洲的丝绸工业。

These messages are part of your survival mechanism and should not be stifled simply because emotions are unhealthy and betray your weaknesses.

这些信息是你生存机制的一部分，不应仅仅因为情绪是不良的、暴露了你的弱点而扼杀它们。

However, to be more imaginative, says Lehrer, it's also crucial to collaborate with people from a wide range of backgrounds because if colleagues are too socially intimate, creativity is stifled.

然而，Lehrer 说，要想变得更富有想象力，与来自不同背景的人合作也很重要，因为如果同事之间太亲密，创造力就会被扼杀。

"Rahul," she implores in a stifled tone.

“拉胡尔，”她压低声调恳求。

Debate feels more stifled than a decade ago.

这样的争论让人觉得比10年前更加令人窒息。

Deflation and financial distress stifled growth.

通货紧缩和金融困境遏制了增长。

Many suspect this has stifled competition for years.

许多人怀疑这是多年来遏制竞争的原因。

And I've stifled in the muggy air of Hefei in Anhui.

亦曾在安徽合肥的闷热天气中气喘如牛。

Even so, the Barcelona menace was not wholly stifled.

即便如此，巴塞罗那的威胁之火也没有完全熄灭。

But pride stifled my conscience, and I didn't tell her I was sorry.

但自尊占了上风，我没有告诉她我很后悔。

An overweening public sector has stifled growth in jobs in service industries.

自负的公共部门已经妨碍了服务业岗位的增长。

She now put no further restraint on her tears; her breath was stifled by sobs.

她现在不再抑制她的眼泪，抽泣起来了。

Do you feel stifled by your daily routine to a point of feeling a real discomfort?

你有没有觉得日常琐事让你感到窒息？

Some argue that the nouveau Roman stifled the French novel, undermining the value of narrative.

有人认为《新小说》(Nouveau Roman)窒息了法国的长篇小说，损害了叙事的价值。

Should I risk everything, start all over in a new city, or stay here where I’m stifled and bored?

我应该冒着一切风险，在一个新的城市重新开始，还是留在这里窒息无聊？

Should I risk everything, start all over in a new city, or stay here where I'm stifled and bored?

我应该冒着一切风险，在一个新的城市重新开始，还是留在这里窒息无聊？

A new media law was meant to have improved the training of journalists but has stifled critical voices.

新颁布的媒体法本来是用于提高新闻记者们的专业素质，不料却抑制了许多批判的声音。

The three-pillar system has obstructed consolidation in an overbanked country and has stifled competition.

在过度银行化的德国，目前的三足鼎立体系阻碍了其银行间的组合并且激化了竞争。

And honestly I felt very stifled, I couldn't do what I wanted to do without asking for a lot of permission.

而说实话，真的感觉很压抑，如果不征求到大量许可，我就不能做想做的事。

Lending between Banks remains stifled, and demand for central-bank liquidity is consequently extremely high.

依旧沉闷的银行间拆借致使对央行流动性的需求达到了极高的水平。

Competition among firms is stifled, with very high levels of concentration and high barriers to new entrants.

因为较高的集中度和新进入者的高障碍使得公司间缺乏竞争。

Together, they have stifled debate, covered up bungles and made assumptions about risks that were too optimistic.

他们联手压制争议，用拙略的手段掩盖真像，并在评估危险时过于乐观。