英音
['smʌðərɪŋ]

美音 ['smʌðərɪŋ]

v. (使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的现在分词 );覆盖;忍住;抑制
smothering 用法和例句
- It was a global smothering of generosity .
- 这个全球性的慷慨之举令人窒息。
- The prolonged crisis is draining belief in the euro and smothering the recovery .
- 这场拉锯战似的危机正在逐渐侵蚀人们对欧元的青睐,扼杀经济的复苏。
- The government has been smothering potential sources of independent opposition , such as foreign and local ngos .
- 政府也一直在扼杀一些独立反对派的潜在来源,例如国外和地方性的非政府组织。
- The most reliable preservation , pfefferkorn suggests , comes from a smothering layer of volcanic ash .
- 普费弗科恩暗示说,最可靠的保存方式还是火山灰形成的覆盖层。
- Very few governments have managed to shape the future of the national culture except by restraining it and smothering it .
- 除了约束和禁锢文化之外,几乎没有哪个国家的政府能够塑造本国文化的未来。