单词	stymie
释义	English American stymieverb [ T often passive ] uk/ˈstaɪ.mi/us/ˈstaɪ.mi/present participle stymieing informal to prevent something from happening or someone from achieving a purpose: In our search for evidence, we were stymied by the absence of any recent documents. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Preventing and impeding avert avoid avoidable bar be a drag on sb/sth idiom *block sth* out blot bottleneck derail fireproof hold out on sb hold sb/sth back hold/keep sb/sth at bay idiom holding pattern impede prevention prevention is better than cure idiom preventive prohibit pull See more results » stymieverb [ T ] us/ˈstɑɪ·mi/present participle stymieing /ˈstɑɪ·mi·ɪŋ/ to prevent someone from achieving a goal or doing something that had been planned:** Students were stymied by the test.
随便看	contemplative contemplatively contemporaneous contemporaneously contemporary contempt contempt of court contemptible contemptibly contemptuous contemptuously contend contend with something/someone contend with sth contender content content content aggregator content provider content theories content theory content theory of motivation content yourself with sth contented contented