今日の単語 Stifle

Stifle

1. まずは例文を見てみましょう

Tone-Deaf Heathrow Airport ‘Pandemic Tax’ Will Further Stifle Travel　(from Forbes)

Chancellor Rishi Sunak must use his budget on Wednesday to “stimulate the recovery rather than stifle it” and avoid “knee-jerk tax increases”, business leaders have told LBC.　（from LBC)

2. 英英辞典の説明はこちら

to (cause to) be unable to breathe because you have no air

to quell, crush, or end by force

to suppress, curb or withhold

to kill by impeding respiration

to suffer difficulty in breathing, as in a close atmosphere

3. 英和辞典の説明もあわせてみておきましょう

窒息させる、鎮圧する、おさえ鎮圧する、抑える、

息苦しくなる

息を止める、もみ消す

4．類義語を確認しておきましょう

smother, curb, muzzle, repress, silence, strangle, suffocate, suppress, choke, squelch, etc.

5. 例文をもっと見て使われ方を確認しておきましょう

She was stifled by her mother’s constant criticism.

Can the EU Regulate Platforms Without Stifling Innovation? (from Harvard Business Review)

Myanmar shuts down internet to stifle anti-coup protests (from engadget)

He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow.

We almost stifled in the heat of the city.

I don’t know how I stifled my anger.

We should be encouraging new ideas, not stifling them.

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