stymie
verb /ˈstaɪmi/
/ˈstaɪmi/
(informal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they stymie | /ˈstaɪmi/ /ˈstaɪmi/ |
| he / she / it stymies | /ˈstaɪmiz/ /ˈstaɪmiz/ |
| past simple stymied | /ˈstaɪmid/ /ˈstaɪmid/ |
| past participle stymied | /ˈstaɪmid/ /ˈstaɪmid/ |
| -ing form stymieing | /ˈstaɪmiɪŋ/ /ˈstaɪmiɪŋ/ |
| -ing form stymying | /ˈstaɪmiɪŋ/ /ˈstaɪmiɪŋ/ |
- stymie somebody/something to prevent somebody from doing something that they have planned or want to do; to prevent something from happening
阻挠；阻碍；阻止；妨碍 - He found himself stymied by an old opponent.
他发现自己被一个老对手阻碍了。 - Financial difficulties have stymied the company’s growth.
财务困难阻碍了公司的发展。
Collocations DictionaryStymie is used with these nouns as the object:- effort
词源mid 19th cent. (originally a golfing term, denoting a situation on the green where a ball obstructs the shot of another player): of unknown origin. - He found himself stymied by an old opponent.