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

• The inventor and the Westinghouse engineers were, however, stymied by technical difficulties.
  不过，他及西屋的工程师受困于技术上的困难度。
• 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。
• 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。
• Your archeologists are still stymied by our pyramids.
  你们的建筑师还没搞懂我们的金字塔。
• Slowly through small loans for solar powered devices, microfinance is bringing light to these rural regions where a lack of electricity has stymied economic development, literacy rates and health.
  缓慢地通过小额贷款购买太阳能装置，小额信贷正给那些因缺乏电而阻碍了经济、文化教育和医疗发展的农村地区带来了光明。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。