Any unusual stiffness of either the horizontal or vertical axis is of course serious.

She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn...

她忍不住打了个哈欠。

Can we stifle the old, the lingering Remorse.

我们能否扑灭那古老的 、 徘徊不去的悔恨?

He was almost stifled by the fumes.

他差点儿被烟熏得窒息了。

‘ It's stifling in here─can we open a window? ’

“这里闷得人难受——我们能不能开一扇窗户？”

How can this party stifle debate on such a crucial issue?

该党怎么可以压制对这么一个重要问题的辩论？

The room was stiflingly hot.

屋里热得人喘不上气来。

And high demand for government debt rather than corporate debt could stifle economic growth.

对政府债券,而不是企业债券的高需求,可能扼杀经济增长.

Regulations on children stifled creativity...

给孩子们定的各种规矩扼杀了他们的创造力。

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

最好能克制住好奇心，不要去碰鸟巢。

I felt like I was stifling in the humid air.

空气湿气很重，我感觉要窒息了。

Critics have accused the US of trying to stifle debate.

批评家指责美国试图压制争论。

It was an uninteresting conversation and I had to stifle a yawn.

那是一次枯燥无味的交谈,我不得不强忍住自己的呵欠.

Organizational norms also operate to stifle the expression of more transformative political views.

组织惯例的一个作用就是遏制那些主张变革的政治观点的表达.

People will stifle in the absence of air.

缺乏空气之下人们会窒息.

Do I stifle their initiative?

我是否抑制了他们的创造性?

They hope the new rules will not stifle creativity.

他们希望新规则不会压制创意。

There is no doubt that this will stifle the advance of the science around search engines.

无疑,这种做法将抑制搜索引擎相关科学的进步.

rules and regulations that stifle innovation

压制创新的规章制度

Most of the victims were stifled by the fumes.

多数受害者是因烟雾窒息而死的。

a stifling room

闷得让人透不过气来的房间