Mary smothers her children with too much love.玛丽溺爱自己的孩子。She smothers her pancakes in/with syrup. 她在松饼上浇了一层厚厚的糖浆。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。