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常形容天气、空气闷热或环境令人不适。
The room was stifling after the heater broke.
暖气坏了后，房间里令人窒息。
压制；镇压；扼杀
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压制；镇压；扼杀
forceful prevention; suppression by power or authority
The room was stifling after the heater broke.
暖气坏了后，房间里令人窒息。
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窒息的行为
The act by which something is stifled.
强制性预防；通过权力或权威镇压
forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
The manager's constant criticism led to the stifling of new ideas.
经理的不断批评导致了对新想法的压制。
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Parents worry about the stifling of their children's natural curiosity.
父母担心孩子天生的好奇心被扼杀。
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The new policy caused a stifling of honest feedback in the team.
新政策导致团队中诚实反馈受到压制。
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the stifling of all dissent
对所有异议的压制。
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常形容天气、空气闷热或环境令人不适。
The room was stifling after the heater broke.
暖气坏了后，房间里令人窒息。
常用搭配：stifling heat/atmosphere/environment/routine。
We left the stifling city for the countryside.
我们离开了令人窒息的都市去往乡村。
表达主观感受，宾语可以是事物或人。
She found the strict rules stifling.
她觉得这些严格的规则令人压抑。
Not this
I felt stifling in the room.
Use this
I felt stifled in the room.
形容词'stifling'用于描述事物本身令人窒息，而人感受到窒息应用过去分词'stifled'作表语。
Not this
The room was so hot and stuffing.
Use this
The room was so hot and stifling.
拼写错误：'stifling'意为'闷热的'，而'stuffing'是'填充物'，两者拼写和含义不同。
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