stymie

verb

1. 阻挠；阻碍；阻止；妨碍
   to prevent sb from doing sth that they have planned or want to do; to prevent sth from happening

1. VERB 妨碍;阻挠;阻碍
   If you are stymied by something, 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。

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。
3. Longer term, this artificial support of consumer demand is likely to result in additional price pass-through to end-consumers, which is likely to stymie consumption growth over the intermediate term.
   长期来看，这种虚假的消费需求支持可能会造成额外的价格转嫁给终端消费者，中期内可能会阻碍消费增长。
4. At every turn, the Syrian regime has failed to cooperate with the UN investigation, using it only to stall and to stymie the important effort to bring to light what happened in Damascus in the dead of night.
   叙利亚政权在各方面都不配合联合国的调查，只是利用这个机会敷衍搪塞，阻碍人们进行重要的努力揭露大马士革深夜发生的事件。
5. You'll encounter obstacles that might stymie some individuals.
   你将会遇到可能让人停步不前的障碍。
6. Its attempt to stymie the initiative by persuading other western nations to boycott the bank has backfired.
   美国试图说服其他西方国家抵制这家银行，从而阻挠这项计划，结果却事与愿违。
7. Tony Blair believed he could stymie the nationalist movement with more devolution of powers.
   托尼•布莱尔（TonyBlair）以为他可以通过加大权力下放来阻止民族主义运动。
8. But that has done little to stymie the growth of the sport.
   不过这几乎丝毫没有妨碍高尔夫球运动的发展。
9. And now health-care providers are turning to a number of innovative strategies to fix the complex web of errors, biases and oversights that stymie the quest for the right diagnosis.
   现在医疗机构开始采用一系列创新措施来纠正失误、偏误和疏忽等妨碍医生做出正确诊断的问题。
10. Botched implementations can stymie product and service deliveries and prove extremely costly in at least the short term.
    拙劣的（软件）实施会妨碍产品和服务的交付，而且至少在短期内代价也是相当昂贵的。
11. German imports surged to their highest level in June and are expected to grow further, in a small step towards rebalancing the global economy that analysts said could stymie criticism over Europe's largest economy's export model.
    6月份，德国进口飙升至历史最高水平，且预计将进一步增长，这是迈向全球经济再平衡的一小步。分析师表示，这可以抑制外界对于这个欧洲最大经济体出口模式的批评。
12. The crisis looks set not only to force more yards into insolvency but also to stymie plans to expand shipbuilding capacity further, with some of the proposed new yards in China unlikely to be built.
    此次危机似乎不仅会让更多船厂破产，而且还会让进一步扩大造船产能的计划受挫中国一些拟议的船厂可能不会开工建设了。
13. Mr Iacocca's eponymous memoir ends, after fierce tussles with critics who tried to stymie federal loan guarantees, with Chrysler put back on its feet by the US taxpayer.
    艾柯卡那部以他自己名字命名的回忆录以这样的事实收尾：在与试图阻止提供联邦贷款担保的批评人士进行激烈斗争后，克莱斯勒凭借美国纳税人的钱起死回生。
14. Higher local deposit rates are likely to stymie the development of QDII further.
    调高国内存款利率可能会进一步阻碍QDII的发展。
15. The lack of oxygen is thought to stymie attempts by anything larger to make its home there.
    缺少氧气一直被认为是大型生物在地底深处安家的最主要阻碍。
16. How better to reinvigorate the Alliance ( and generate much-needed economic growth) than a bonfire of the regulatory controls and bureaucratic infighting that still stymie trade and investment.
    让美欧联盟重新焕发活力（并且带来亟需的经济增长），比展开监管控制大战和官僚内斗好太多了，这两者仍在妨碍贸易和投资发展。
17. If mediaset wants to compete directly with sky, rather than merely stymie its growth, it will probably have to accept losses in pay-TV.
    mediaset若想跟sky直接竞争，而不是仅仅阻挠其发展，则可能不得不承受付费电视业务亏损。
18. Those inconsistencies, the report says, stymie attainment of crucial environmental objectives.
    该报告说，这些矛盾妨碍了实现重要的环境目标的工作。
19. Even now, US petroleum companies resist calls for transparency, and use American courts to stymie efforts to enhance transparency.
    即便到现在，美国石油企业还是在抵制提高透明度的呼声，并利用美国法庭阻挠增强透明度的努力。
20. But Baugur has attempted to stymie the process by filing for protection from its creditors in Reykjavik.
    但baugur试图通过申请针对其冰岛债权人的破产保护，以阻挠上述进程。
21. Xstrata raised its offer for a Saharan iron ore Explorer by 20 per cent on Wednesday in an attempt to stymie rival interest from a China steelmaking consortium.
    斯特拉塔（xstrata）周三将其对撒哈拉铁矿石开发商的出价提高了20%，试图以此阻挠一家中国钢铁制造财团的竞争。
22. We must avoid intellectual strait-jackets that stymie a spirit of inquiry.
    我们必须避免穿上窒息探求精神的学术紧身衣。
23. Even as China has flung its doors open to global trade, it has erected vast roadblocks to stymie capital flows.
    即便在中国对全球贸易敞开大门之际，中国仍竖起巨大的路障阻碍资本流动。
24. But there are also none to stymie a potential recovery.
    但是那里也没有潜在救球的机会。
25. Still, critics say there are very real cultural barriers that stymie Japan's emergency response to the nuclear disaster, and in its long economic malaise.
    然而，有人批评日本文化上的症结阻碍了日本在面对核灾难时反应的及时性，也使日本经济陷入长期的不振。
26. The intent to override "turf wars" is a clear hint to Congress that political rivalries will not be allowed to stymie reform.
    其压倒“地盘争斗”的用意，对美国国会是一道明确暗示：不允许政治对立阻挠改革。

noun

1. a thwarting and distressing situation

   Synonym:    stymy

2. a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole

   Synonym:    stymy

verb

1. hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
   1. His brother blocked him at every turn

   Synonym:    obstructblockadeblockhinderstymyembarrass