1.The honeymoon is not over until we cease to stifle our sighs and begin to stifle our yawns.
在我们忍不住叹气并开始忍住呵欠之前，蜜月是还未度过的哪。
2.Organizational norms also operate to stifle the expression of more transformative political views.
组织惯例的一个作用就是遏制那些主张变革的政治观点的表达。
3.Still, he said new barriers with China, such as tariffs proposed by some lawmakers, would only stifle trade and economic growth.
同时他说新的障碍是一些地方法规征收关税，只会加速贸易的恶化。
4.These comrades exaggerate the role of the individual and emphasize personal prestige. They lend a willing ear to flattery and praise, but cannot bear criticism or supervision; some persons of bad character even go so far to stifle criticism and resort to reprisals against their critics.
他们夸大个人的作用，强调个人的威信，只能听人奉承赞扬，不能受人批评监督，甚至有些品质恶劣的人，还对批评者实行压制和报复。
5.People will stifle in the absence of air.
缺乏空气之下人们会窒息。
6.A:This is only my opinion, of course, but education can stifle creativity, especially if you study things such as science or computers.
答：这当然只是我的观点，但是教育（的确）可以扼杀创造力，特别是当你学习科学或是计算机这类东西的时候。
7.Indeed, we know runaway high costs will, in the long run, hurt and stifle our economic growth.
我们确实知道，长期来说，成本飞涨会损害和抑制香港的经济增长。
8.The past few months have seen one of the most wide-ranging campaigns in recent years to stifle public criticism of the government.
近几个月来，政府通过这几年没有过的大行动在抑制一般民众对政府的批判。
9.On the contrary, mandatoryregistration of online publications might stifle the free exchange of ideas,opinions, and information on the Internet.
反而，如强制要求在线出版必须注册，将会使得网络上的思想、意见、及信息的自由交换活动被扼杀。
10.It was an uninteresting converstion and I had to stifle a yawn.
那是一次枯燥无味的交谈，我不得不强忍住自己的呵欠。
