1·The technology industry was coming under the sway of a dominant behemoth, one that had the potential to stifle innovation and squash its competitors.
科技行业正在受到一个占据主导地位的庞然大物的影响，这个庞然大物有可能扼杀创新，打压竞争对手。
2·Patenting the organism isn't without its critics, however, who argue the move will stifle future science relying on an artificial microbes.
然而，生物体专利也不是没有批评意见，批评者认为此举将扼杀依赖人造微生物的未来科学。
3·We don't mean to stifle your creativity — quite the opposite.
我们并不想扼杀您的创造力——其实正好相反。
4·A reference architecture isn't meant to stifle creativity, but rather to enforce commonality across projects.
参考体系结构并不意味着扼杀创造性，而是强制项目之间的一些共同的东西。
5·They provided insight into how the process had overhead in actual application that would absolutely stifle a small work effort.
他们对于处理过程在实际的项目中的管理费用是如何扼杀小型的工作量这一问题提供了深入的见解。
1·Your limitations no longer stifle you, and the truth becomes less fearful and allows you to recognise the soul that you are.
你们的局限不再使你们窒息，真相变得并不可怕，而且允许你们去认出你们是灵魂。
2·And right now, spending cuts are only serving to stifle the Greek economy. He calls the situation a "death trap."
目前，削减开支只会让希腊经济窒息，他说，这种情况是个[死亡陷阱]。
3·People will stifle in the absence of air.
缺乏空气之下人们会窒息。
1·They hope the new rules will not stifle creativity.
他们希望新规则不会压制创意。
—— 《牛津词典》