stymied

But mostly Edison was stymied about how to meter electricity.

困扰爱迪生的主要是如何计量电量的问题.

I was completely stymied by her refusal to help.

由于她拒不相助,我完全陷入了困境.

At home, often stymied by his coalition's leftist allies, he has done much less well.

在国内, 由于联盟中左派势力的排挤, 他的很多做法不值得称道.

The inventor and the Westinghouse engineers were, however, stymied by technical difficulties.

不过, 他及西屋的工程师受困于技术上的困难度.

She got stymied in the deBate.

在辩论中她处于困难的境地. (原为高尔夫球用语)

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。

See also Behind the Eight Ball; Snooker ; Stymied.

另见后面八球, 斯诺克,阻碍.

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。