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

• 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。
• For now, though, Murdoch is stymied.
  然而现在，默多克却陷入了两难境地。
• How African governments handle corruption and other governance matters will determine how they manage the major infrastructure challenges that have crippled much of the region and stymied development.
  非洲各国政府如何处理腐败和其它治理问题，将决定它们如何应对已影响到非洲大部分地区且阻碍发展的巨大基础设施挑战。
• 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。
• 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。
• Building codes designed to preserve the architectural character and historic facades of St Petersburg have also stymied the development of inventive architecture.
  按照保存圣彼得堡建筑风格和历史外表前提而设计的建筑法规同时也妨碍了发明性建筑。
• Recoveries are likely to begin outside the financial sector, but they will be stymied without credit.
  经济复苏可能始于金融部门之外，但离开了信贷复苏就会陷入困境。
• 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。
• Potential investors exploring more promising areas, such as low-carbon energy and infrastructure, are stymied because of the lack of a clear policy framework.
  由于缺少清晰的政策架构，那些探索更具前景领域（如低碳能源和基础设施）的潜在投资者，遇到了重重障碍。
• The difficulties of creating common platforms, tools and supply relationships have stymied successive GM managements since the1980s.
  从上世纪80年代起，打造通用平台、工具和供应链方面的不足始终是困扰通用汽车管理层的一大心病。