stifle
英検準1級抑える・息苦しくさせる
意味
- …を息苦しくさせる,窒息させる
- 〈あくび・笑い声など〉を抑える,抑制する
- あくび(笑い声)をかみ殺す
- …を抑圧する,もみ消す
- 息苦しくなる;窒息する
例文
A company that stifles innovation can't hope to grow very much.
出る杭が打たれる会社じゃ、大きな成長は望めないね。
Even before Reagan and the Supreme Court stifled it, OSHA was a farce.
だが、レーガン政権と最高裁判所に潰される前でさえ、ＯＳＨＡは茶番であった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The verb is derived from Late Middle English stuflen (“to have difficulty breathing due to heat, stifle; to suffocate by drowning, drown”) [and other forms]; further etymology uncertain. Also found in Middle English forstyflyd (“stifled, choked”, past participle). Perhaps derived from Middle English stuffen (“to kill by suffocation; to stifle from heat; to extinguish, suppress (body heat, breath, humour, etc.); to deprive a plant of the conditions necessary for growth, choke”) + -len (frequentative suffix).