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The vote as good as kills the chance of real reform.这次投票几乎是扼杀了一次真正改革的机会。Too strict a regulatory system will stifle innovation.过度严格的管理体制会扼杀创新。The police stamped out the last flickers of freedom.警察把最后的一点儿自由全都扼杀了。Regulations on children stifled creativity.给孩子们定的各种规矩扼杀了他们的创造力。Too many regulations stifle innovation.太多的条例扼杀了创新性。The hidebound attitudes of Russia's powerful aristocracy made any kind of progress impossible.俄国贵族大权在握，他们的守旧态度扼杀了任何进步的可能性。Fear stifles creativity.恐惧会扼杀创造力。The government accused the company of bullying its rivals and stifling competition.政府指责这家公司威胁其对手，并且扼杀竞争。He feels that the EU smothers the national spirit and reduces every man jack of us to the least common denominator.他觉得欧盟会扼杀民族精神，从而使我们每个人变得千篇一律。One bad review can kill a film stone-dead.一篇糟糕的影评可以彻底扼杀一部电影。Critics say that the new tax will suffocate local businesses.批评者说新税收将扼杀当地的企业。The latest violence has smothered any remaining hopes for an early peace agreement.最新的暴力事件扼杀了及早缔结和平协定的仅存希望。We should be encouraging new ideas, not stifling them.我们应该鼓励创意，而不是将其扼杀。A run on sterling has killed off hopes of a rate cut.对英镑的抢购已经完全扼杀了降低汇率的希望。These figures kill off any lingering hopes of an early economic recovery.这些数字彻底扼杀了人们对经济早日复苏所抱的一线希望。Jealousy can suffocate any relationship.妒忌可以扼杀任何人际关系。Public opinion may yet kill the proposal.舆论可能最终会扼杀这个提议。The recent rebound in mortgage rates could snuff out the housing recovery.抵押贷款利率最近的回升可能会扼杀房地产的复苏。He filibustered the proposed law to death in the last session of Congress.在国会上一次开会时他施展阻挠手段把提出的法案扼杀了。The martial law is throttling democracy in the nation today.军事管制现今正在扼杀该国的民主。These government restrictions are going to throttle our trade.这些政府的限制将要扼杀我们的贸易。His budding talents were smothered.他端倪初露的才能遭到了扼杀。The perennial crises could snuff out a business recovery.旷日持久的迭次危机会扼杀商业的复苏。Snow soon smothered the last of the blooms.不久大雪便扼杀了最后的花朵。The organization is stifled by bureaucratic inertia.官僚主义的惰性扼杀了这个组织。A criminal record will doom your chances of becoming a politician.犯罪记录将扼杀你从政的机会。State bureaucracies can tend to stifle enterprise and initiative.国家的官僚体制往往会扼杀人们的事业心和积极性。The trade embargo is suffocating the nation's economy.贸易禁令正在扼杀该国的经济。This rigid approach stifles creativity.这种僵化的方法扼杀创造力。This attitude stultifies scientific progress.这种态度会扼杀科学的进步。His creative drive has been strangled by his sense of political guilt.他的创造欲望已被他的政治负罪感扼杀了。Television has not killed the cinema yet.电视尚未扼杀电影。The debts of both Poland and Hungary are beginning to smother the reform process.波兰和匈牙利的债务正开始扼杀改革的进程。He is unlikely to send in the army to quell nationalist aspirations.他不可能派兵去扼杀民族主义理想。 |