Ceiling fans cut out on stifling summer afternoons.

夏日闷热的午后，天花板上的吊扇就会停止。

" Yes, I am stifling; let us go" .

" 是的，我闷死了；走吧。"

Those who live there do not find this stifling.

住在那里的人并不觉得这令人窒息。

The fire in the oven had died but the room was stifling hot.

那儿炉子里的火已经灭了，但还是闷热得很。

It's backbreaking work often performed in stifling heat and humidity.

这份工作非常累人，往往伴随着令人窒息的闷热和潮湿。

Since then, security forces have kept a stifling grip on Algeria.

从那时起，安全部队一直对阿尔及利亚保持着扼杀性的控制。

Although stifling heat has gone down over the last 2 days.

尽管这两天气温有所下降。

Meanwhile economically stifling lockdown saw the unemployment rate soared to 34 percent.

与此同时，令人窒息的经济封锁导致失业率飙升至34%。

He'd grown to hate the stifling conventions of bourgeois society.

他早已痛恨资产阶段社会中 令人窒息的条规。

Critics of President Maduro are calling the latest anti-hate law a tool to stifling dissent.

评论称总统马杜罗利用最新的反仇恨法来扼杀国内的反对声音。

In spite of everything, this strange man hadn't yet succeeded in completely stifling his heart.

不管他怎么说，这个古怪的人还没有能完全斩断他爱人的心情。

Louise tries to yell but One Eye holds a hand over her mouth stifling her screams.

路易丝想叫 但是独眼用一只手捂住了她的嘴不让她发声。

In the Rockies, rising temperatures are shortening winter hibernation and stifling the growth of valuable food plants.

在落基山脉升高的气温缩短了冬眠的时间，也阻碍了食料植物的生长。

The stifling temperatures have claimed more than 40 lives in Japan and 10 more in South Korea.

日本闷热天气造成40多人死亡，韩国也有10人死亡。

Analysts say it is a sign that the continent is becoming more conscious of the impediments stifling its development.

分析人士表示，这是一个好迹象，表明非洲大陆正逐渐意识到阻碍其发展的障碍。

The risk is that Google is stifling innovation and competition.

风险在于谷歌正在扼杀创新和竞争。

In addition, focusing solely on academic scores can lead to a narrow-minded approach to education, potentially stifling creativity and innovation.

此外，仅关注学术成绩可能导致教育方法狭隘，可能抑制创造力和创新。

This is generally seen as stifling social mobility.

这通常被视为扼杀社会流动性。

But what about the stifling of personal expression?

但是个人表达的窒息呢？

There was a stifling smell of hot oil everywhere.

到处都是令人窒息的热油味。