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Перевод: stifle

[существительное]
коленная чашка [анат.] ; коленный сустав;
[глагол]
душить; задыхаться; удушать; подавлять; глушить; тушить; гасить; замять; сдерживать

Тезаурус:

1. The Federal Government of Nigeria cannot stifle all news it does not like.
2. On Friday, Mr Husak announced a widesweeping amnesty which included a general pardon for those charged with subversion under the notorious Article 98 of the penal code often used to stifle political protest.
3. In a run down on the style of deference he anticipates (which I note will stifle any critical point from "below decks"), he talks about his length of tenure and how long it will be before he can "escape back into the real world".
4. Nineteenth century tries to stifle doubts by crushing you with sheer bulk, he wrote.
5. I don't want to stifle discussion, but hadn't we better confine it to matters within the competence of this committee?
6. At no time, however, did they use such draconian measures to stifle dissent.
7. For example, if a local authority is apathetic about the European Community and the single market of 1992, they can effectively stifle interest and ensure a low turn-Out for a European election.
8. The true danger to English today, according to Mr Francis, is not a decline in standards from some mythical golden age in the 1930s or the eighteenth century, but that the National Curriculum will stifle imagination, and mark a return to over-emphasis on rigid expository forms.
9. The old ones, fearful and suspicious, jealous even, were attempting to stifle young love.
10. He had to stifle his gasp of annoyance as he found the door to be locked.
11. While I would agree that it can only help your proficiency, it should not stifle creativity.
12. The fear is that the current trend of mergers and joint ventures within the Community, far from promoting competition, may in fact stifle it, as has been the case with Bull in France, for example.
13. It made him so excited that he had to cover his mouth with his free hand in order to stifle a ripple of laughter.