The desire to forget one's troubles may be stymied by having less money to do it.
想要忘记烦恼的冲动却因钱少而被压抑着。
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But young political parties that want neither military nor religious rule have been stymied by infighting.
但既不希望军队或宗教掌权的年轻政党通过内讧进行阻碍。
经济学人-科技
That stymies the exchange of ideas on which good science depends.
这也妨碍了观点的交流,而这对于科学来说是至关重要的。
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Perhaps an answer to a question that's stymied experts for decades.
或许可解答数十年来困惑学者的疑问。
VOA常速英语_科技
Such efforts were stymied by a lack of central coordination among governments.
这种努力因各国政府之间缺乏集中协调而受阻。
时代周刊 (Time)
And yet nothing really changed. Gridlock in Washington stymied even modest reform efforts.
然而,这并没有真正改变什么。华盛顿的僵局阻碍了一些甚至温和的改革努力。
经济学人(汇总)
At Westminster, bickering within the coalition, especially over wind farms, has stymied progress over renewables.
在威斯敏斯特,联合政府内部经常有争吵,尤其关于风力发电厂。这已经阻碍了可再生能源产业的进步。
经济学人(汇总)
But difficulties building infrastructure and negotiating mineral rights have stymied many projects.
但是基础设施建筑和采矿权谈判中的困难妨碍了很多项目。
经济学人(汇总)
Their reservations also stymied immediate progress towards a common deposit-insurance scheme.
他们的保留也阻碍了共同存款保险计划的即刻进程。
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Were they trying to protect it from scavengers or stymie the spread of disease?
他们是想要保护尸体不被食腐动物发现?或者让疾病难以传播?
英语百科
Stymie
A stymie is an archaic rule in the game of golf for a situation or problem presenting such difficulties as to discourage or defeat any attempt to deal with or resolve it.