be + stifling
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
窒息的行为；强制性预防；通过权力或权威镇压
forceful prevention; suppression by power or authority
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。
用法提示：此处 stifling 为名词，意为“压制、扼杀”，常以 the stifling of... 结构出现。
AI contextual example
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。
用法提示：同前，stifling 是名词，表示“扼杀、压制”的行为。
AI contextual example
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。
用法提示：stifling 在此作名词，说明“压制”这件事。
AI contextual example
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。
grammar · medium
易错句子I felt stifling in the room.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子The room was so hot and stuffing.
正确表达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。
stifling侧重压制性或令人压抑，suffocating更强调物理上的呼吸困难
stuffy指空气不流通导致闷热，程度较轻；stifling更强烈且可用于比喻
stifle是动词，指压制或阻止；stifling是形容词，描述令人窒息的状态
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