stymie

英 [ˈstaɪmi]

美 [ˈstaɪmi]

v.  阻挠; 阻碍; 阻止; 妨碍

现在分词：stymieing　过去式：stymied　第三人称单数：stymies　过去分词：stymied　

GRE

COCA.15618

牛津词典

verb

• 阻挠；阻碍；阻止；妨碍
  to prevent sb from doing sth that they have planned or want to do; to prevent sth from happening

柯林斯词典

• VERB 妨碍;阻挠;阻碍
  If youare stymied bysomething, you find it very difficult to take action or to continue what you are doing.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a thwarting and distressing situation
  Synonym:stymy
• a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
  Synonym:stymy

verb

• hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  1. His brother blocked him at every turn
  Synonym:obstructblockadeblockhinderstymyembarrass

双语例句

• Botched implementations can stymie product and service deliveries and prove extremely costly in at least the short term.
  拙劣的（软件）实施会妨碍产品和服务的交付，而且至少在短期内代价也是相当昂贵的。
• Xstrata raised its offer for a Saharan iron ore Explorer by 20 per cent on Wednesday in an attempt to stymie rival interest from a China steelmaking consortium.
  斯特拉塔（xstrata）周三将其对撒哈拉铁矿石开发商的出价提高了20%，试图以此阻挠一家中国钢铁制造财团的竞争。
• But that has done little to stymie the growth of the sport.
  不过这几乎丝毫没有妨碍高尔夫球运动的发展。
• But Baugur has attempted to stymie the process by filing for protection from its creditors in Reykjavik.
  但baugur试图通过申请针对其冰岛债权人的破产保护，以阻挠上述进程。
• Still, critics say there are very real cultural barriers that stymie Japan's emergency response to the nuclear disaster, and in its long economic malaise.
  然而，有人批评日本文化上的症结阻碍了日本在面对核灾难时反应的及时性，也使日本经济陷入长期的不振。
• Even now, US petroleum companies resist calls for transparency, and use American courts to stymie efforts to enhance transparency.
  即便到现在，美国石油企业还是在抵制提高透明度的呼声，并利用美国法庭阻挠增强透明度的努力。
• 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。
• Even as China has flung its doors open to global trade, it has erected vast roadblocks to stymie capital flows.
  即便在中国对全球贸易敞开大门之际，中国仍竖起巨大的路障阻碍资本流动。
• And now health-care providers are turning to a number of innovative strategies to fix the complex web of errors, biases and oversights that stymie the quest for the right diagnosis.
  现在医疗机构开始采用一系列创新措施来纠正失误、偏误和疏忽等妨碍医生做出正确诊断的问题。
• Those inconsistencies, the report says, stymie attainment of crucial environmental objectives.
  该报告说，这些矛盾妨碍了实现重要的环境目标的工作。