stymied

英 [ˈstaɪmid]

美 [ˈstaɪmid]

v.  阻挠; 阻碍; 阻止; 妨碍
stymie的过去分词和过去式

COCA.38135

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。

双语例句

• Because of the holiday period, their attempts to get a quick reply were stymied.
  因为假期，他们试图获得尽早答复的努力受挫了。
• However, they still view each other with an unease that has stymied efforts to build co-operation and trade in areas such as energy, which has been a cornerstone of the Beijing-Moscow strategic partnership, announced in 1996.
  不过，俄中互相之间仍存在一种不安，这妨碍了两国在能源等领域进行合作和贸易的努力，而能源是北京和莫斯科方面1996年宣布建立的战略伙伴关系的基石。
• Mary Schapiro, the SEC chairman, has tried her best but she was stymied last week.
  sec主席玛丽夏皮罗（maryschapiro）已尽了最大的努力，但她在上周完全被束缚住了手脚。
• For now, though, Murdoch is stymied.
  然而现在，默多克却陷入了两难境地。
• Not only are talks between the White House and congressional leaders stymied, but discordant factions have emerged within the two main political parties, further complicating a debt agreement.
  不仅是白宫与国会领袖之间的会谈受阻，就连两党内部也出现了不和谐现象，致使有关舒解债务问题的协商，更形复杂。
• But bureaucratic and political rivalries between the various municipal and county governments involved have so far stymied attempts to do it.
  但是该项目目前涉及的官僚主义，以及各类市政府与下级政府之间的党派竞争，已经完全妨碍了该工作的开展。
• Though I'm not a shy person, I felt stymied.
  我并不是一个内向的人，但是却在人际交往中感觉到了障碍。
• Croatia's hopes of joining the EU have been stymied by a border dispute with neighboring Slovenia.
  由于与邻国斯洛文尼亚的领土纠纷，克罗地亚加入欧盟的进程受到阻碍。
• 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。
• In our search for evidence, we were stymied by the absence of any recent documents.
  缺乏近期的文件资料为我们寻求证据造成了障碍。