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

• Mr Lai claims Beijing-backed rivals for years stymied his attempt to list on the stock market.
  黎智英声称亲北京对手多年来设法阻碍他的上市计划。
• Overbearing bureaucrats and excessive regulation has stymied entrepreneurship and competition, hurting the efficiency of the domestic corporate sector.
  专断的官僚主义和过分的管制阻碍了企业创新和竞争，降低了公司的效率。
• 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。
• 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。
• But, she says, economic integration across South Asia has been "stymied" by political enmity.
  但她表示，南亚地区的经济一体化已因各方的政治敌意而陷入“困境”。
• 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。
• 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。
• Government suppression of information has stymied indigenous technological breakthroughs.
  政府对信息的压制妨碍了本土科技创新。
• But now they have an opportunity to fix the problem that has stymied successful co-operation on climate change.
  但现在，他们有一个机会，去解决阻碍气候变化合作取得成功的问题。