stymies
vt. <非正式>妨碍(stymie 的第三人称单数)
n. (高尔夫)妨碍球(stymie 的复数)
例句
The belief that there is anything that will change things, in and of itself stymies, I believe, real change.
依我看认为有什么能改变一切的看法本身就对真正的改变设置了阻碍。
Chinese Internet users engage in relatively little e-commerce, which stymies the ability of companies like Google to make money.
中国网民相对很少涉足电子商务领域,这就制约了谷歌等公司的盈利能力。
He wants to avert climate change, but stymies the expansion of nuclear power by blocking plans to store nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
他想防止气候变暖,但是又阻止nevada州yuc ca山存放核废料的计划,这完全妨碍了核能源的扩展。