stymie

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sty·mie /ˈstaɪmi/ verb [transitive]  informalPREVENT to prevent someone from doing what they have planned or want to do 阻碍，妨碍，使不能实施 SYN thwart Investigators have been stymied by uncooperative witnesses. 由于目击者不合作，调查人员的工作受阻。→ See Verb table

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stymie• So the Republican sneak-it-through strategy is mostly stymied.• The Middle East peace process was stalemated; negotiations were stymied.• Such a relationship will certainly stymie a positive editorial association.• Gao Yang twisted himself around the tree just in time to see Gao Ma stymied by the obstacle.• The investigation has been stymied by witnesses who refuse to cooperate.• They relished every chance to stymie him.• He typified a decade in which financial machinations stymied long-term corporate growth.• Political problems which might have stymied Solomon were resolved in a pun or an epigram.Origin stymie (1800-1900) Perhaps from Scottish English, “person who cannot see well”

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stymie
sty‧mie /ˈstaɪmi/ verb [transitive]informal to prevent someone from doing what they have planned or want to do
   SYN  thwart:
    Investigators have been stymied by uncooperative witnesses.

sty·mieBrE /ˈstaɪmi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstaɪmi/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they stymie BrE /ˈstaɪmi/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstaɪmi/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it stymies BrE /ˈstaɪmiz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstaɪmiz/ 🔊past simple stymied BrE /ˈstaɪmid/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstaɪmid/ 🔊past participle stymied BrE /ˈstaɪmid/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstaɪmid/ 🔊 -ing form stymieing BrE /ˈstaɪmiɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstaɪmiɪŋ/ 🔊 -ing form stymying BrE /ˈstaɪmiɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstaɪmiɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb/sth (informal) to prevent sb from doing sth that they have planned or want to do; to prevent sth from happening 阻挠；阻碍；阻止；妨碍 SYN foil