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。
She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn.
她并未试图忍住一个哈欠。
The food did nothing to stifle her queasiness.
这些食物也没能遏制住她的恶心感。
They hope the new rules will not stifle creativity.
他们希望新规则不会压制创意。
State bureaucracies can tend to stifle enterprise and initiative.
国家官僚体制会压抑人的进取心和积极性。
Dickon laughed so that he was obliged to stifle the sound by putting his arm over his mouth.
狄肯笑了起来，他不得不用他的胳膊捂住他的嘴，把声音压住。
It is best to stifle curiosity and leave birds' nests alone.
最好忍住好奇心，别碰鸟巢。
Gritting my teeth, I did my best to stifle one or two remarks.
我咬紧牙关，硬是把一两句意见咽了回去。
她忍住了呵欠。
He managed to stifle the spasmodic sobs of panic rising in his throat.
他竭力地抑制了自己，没从喉咙中发出惊恐的哭声。
不要克制你的喜悦。
Think owning a franchise will stifle your creative side?
你觉得开连锁店等于扼杀自己的创造力吗？
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。
Groups, though, if badly organised, can stifle lofty ambitions.
但如果组织不善，群体就会扼杀人们蓬勃的抱负。
That could stifle the supply of credit and cause more banks to fail.
这会遏止信贷供给，导致更多的银行破产。
Could a premature or overenthusiastic fiscal tightening stifle the recovery?
那么一个过早实施的财政紧缩政策会将经济复苏扼杀于摇篮之中吗？
As we grow up and "mature" many of us stifle or deny our natural curiosity.
随着我们长大“成熟”，许多人遏止或拒绝我们好奇的天性。
Act quickly, and we might be able to stifle the disease in its earliest stages.
行动迅速，我们就能在最早阶段遏制疾病。
The story turns on whether broader changes in bookselling will stifle literature.
故事中最主要的话题是售书业的大变革是否会抑制文学。
Viktor Orban, the prime minister, says further cuts will stifle his country's economic recovery.
首相维克托•奥班认为继续紧缩财政将会不利于匈牙利的经济复苏。
Good governance does not consist of a set of shackles and business controls that stifle creativity.
良好的治理不包含抑制创造性的束缚和业务控制。
He wants to help the market grow-creating 1m jobs in China in the next three years-not stifle it with charges.
他希望促进这个市场进一步壮大——今后三年内在中国创造100万个就业岗位，而不是用收费来扼杀之。
So when the current general election officially kicked off on April 27th, anyone could be forgiven for struggling to stifle a yawn.
因此，当本轮大选于4月27日正式开始时，任何努力掩饰倦意者都可以被原谅。
Yet a slump in share prices could stifle new-found investor confidence in equities and limit the amount of capital raised from the market.
但股价的暴跌可能扼杀投资者对股市重新树立的信心，降低股市筹资额。
Efforts to stifle gossip may be naive and limiting, says Susan Hafen, a professor of communication at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah.
犹他州Ogden市韦伯州立大学(Weber State University)传媒学教授苏珊•哈芬(SusanHafen)说，抑制流言蜚语的努力似乎有些天真和片面。
Efforts to stifle gossip may be naive and limiting, says Susan Hafen, a professor of communication at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah.
犹他州Ogden市韦伯州立大学(Weber State University)传媒学教授苏珊•哈芬(SusanHafen)说，抑制流言蜚语的努力似乎有些天真和片面。
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