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stymied

/stahy-meed/US // ˈstaɪ mid //

刺激的,刺激,受刺激的,刺激了

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : hindered, blocked, or thwarted:In this drama he plays a stymied professor of history who has never managed to become department head.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbfrustrate, hinder

Examples

  • Some might argue that close study is stymied by sensitive feelings and the need to respect, sort of, the groups studied.

  • The California law only applies to minors and was signed into law in 2012 but has since been stymied by legal obstacles.

  • So the environmentalism that once worked so well is stymied by climate change.

  • Rather, he said, advocacy groups are trying to find their footing after getting stymied for five years in their efforts.

  • The administration insisted it was stymied by congressional restrictions on transferring detainees out of Guantanamo.

  • Exman sends us ample warning of a disaster and we're stymied!

  • Bonaparte played eight, missed a putt for a nine, stymied himself in a ten, holed out in twelve and I went down in five.

  • Like Klarnood, stymied by verbal objections to something labeled 'political intervention.'

  • I stymied myself from the hut by a bush and looked over my shoulder for the best line of retreat.

  • Stan began to think they were stymied when all Hades broke loose from above.