It has been said of Beethoven that he toppled the rules and freed music from the stifling confines of convention.

据说贝多芬推翻了规则，把音乐从令人窒息的传统束缚中解放了出来。

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Despair hangs heavy in the stifling air.

绝望的感觉积压在憋闷的空气中。

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The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous.

小房间里难以忍受的高温开始令我恶心。

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Lawyers have questioned the legality of the ban on political rallies, but officials continue to insist they are more interested in ensuring public safety than stifling political dissent.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

"One small business owner wrote to me that health care costs are-and I quote-' stifling my business growth" "He said that the money he wanted to use for research and development, and to expand his operations, has been instead been 'thrown into the pocket of health care insurance carriers."

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

Under the stifling, consensus-based post-war system, based on a Social Democrat-People's Party duopoly, mentioning the issue smacked of bad manners.

BBC: Gross symbolises Austria's past

Unresolved conflict often results in loss of productivity, the stifling of creativity, and the creation of barriers to cooperation and collaboration.

FORBES: 5 Keys of Dealing with Workplace Conflict

Introduce a third seller, however, and the stifling equilibrium is broken as a series of market-energising relocations and pricing changes kick in.

ECONOMIST: Modelling behaviour