单词	stymie
释义	stymiesty‧mie /ˈstaɪmi/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINstymie Origin: 1800-1900 Perhaps from Scottish English, ‘person who cannot see well’ Verb Table VERB TABLE stymie Simple Form Present I, you, we, they stymie he, she, it stymies Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they stymied Present perfect I, you, we, they have stymied he, she, it has stymied Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had stymied Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will stymie Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have stymied Continuous Form Present I am stymieing he, she, it is stymieing you, we, they are stymieing Past I, he, she, it was stymieing you, we, they were stymieing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been stymieing he, she, it has been stymieing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been stymieing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be stymieing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been stymieing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The investigation has been stymied by witnesses who refuse to cooperate. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Gao Yang twisted himself around the tree just in time to see Gao Ma stymied by the obstacle. He typified a decade in which financial machinations stymied long-term corporate growth. Political problems which might have stymied Solomon were resolved in a pun or an epigram. So the Republican sneak-it-through strategy is mostly stymied. Such a relationship will certainly stymie a positive editorial association. The Middle East peace process was stalemated; negotiations were stymied. They relished every chance to stymie him. informal to prevent someone from doing what they have planned or want to do SYN  thwart:  Investigators have been stymied by uncooperative witnesses.
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