stymy sth
及物动词,宾语多为 progress、efforts、plans 等抽象名词;更常见的拼写是 stymie。
Budget cuts have stymied progress on the new hospital.
预算削减阻碍了新医院的建设进展。
阻碍,妨碍,阻止;使(球)处于困难的位置;使为难;使处困境
to hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
阻碍,妨碍,阻止
hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
一般现在时
The problem stymies the team.
这个问题困扰着团队。
一般过去时
The lack of resources stymied the project.
资源缺乏阻碍了该项目。
现在进行时
The bureaucracy is stymying our efforts.
官僚主义正在阻挠我们的努力。
注意:规则动词,过去式和过去分词均为stymied。
A lack of funding often stymies small businesses that want to expand.
资金短缺常常阻碍想要扩张的小企业。
用法提示:stymies 是动词 stymy 的第三人称单数形式,表示“阻碍”。
My plans were stymied by the sudden rainstorm.
我的计划因突如其来的暴雨而受阻。
用法提示:stymied 是动词 stymy 的过去式/过去分词,用于被动结构,表示“使受阻”。
Unexpected problems kept stymying our efforts to finish the project.
意外的问题一直阻碍我们完成项目的努力。
用法提示:stymying 是动词 stymy 的现在分词,与 kept 连用表示持续阻碍。
及物动词,宾语多为 progress、efforts、plans 等抽象名词;更常见的拼写是 stymie。
Budget cuts have stymied progress on the new hospital.
预算削减阻碍了新医院的建设进展。
被动结构,by 后接造成阻碍的原因或施动者。
The negotiations were stymied by a disagreement over pay.
谈判因薪资分歧而受阻。
in 后说明受阻的具体方面,常与 efforts、attempts 等词搭配。
The researchers were stymied in their efforts to find a cure.
研究人员在寻找疗法的努力中受阻。
grammar · medium
易错句子The bad weather stymy our progress.
正确表达The bad weather stymies our progress.
一般现在时中,主语 The bad weather 是第三人称单数,动词要用第三人称单数形式 stymies;stymy 是原形,不能直接搭配该主语。
grammar · medium
易错句子Our efforts were stymy by the lack of funding.
正确表达Our efforts were stymied by the lack of funding.
被动语态用 be + 过去分词;stymy 的过去分词是 stymied,不能用原形 stymy。
grammar · medium
易错句子The new rules stymy against innovation.
正确表达The new rules stymy innovation.
stymy 是及物动词,直接接宾语,不需要介词 against;去掉 against 后用 innovation 作宾语。
thwart 侧重让计划、企图彻底落空,常与 plan、attempt、effort 搭配,强调“被击败”的结果;stymy 侧重大局受阻、寸步难行。表达“一举粉碎某人的计划”用 thwart,表达“事情被卡住、推不动”用 stymy。
hinder 泛指使进展变慢、变得更困难,多接 progress、development、recovery 等抽象名词,未必造成停滞;stymy 语气更重,暗示陷入僵局、无法推进。说“拖慢、不利于”用 hinder,说“使卡住”用 stymy。
impede 较正式,强调使速度放慢、进展受阻,常与 traffic、movement、progress 搭配,一般指“延缓”而非“完全拦住”;stymy 更接近“使无法继续”。
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