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smo.ther obj PREVENTH5smQT7E5, $-Lv [T]to prevent the development, growth or continued existence of (something or someone)抑制，忍住The robber didn't manage to smother his cough and was discovered by security guards.盗贼忍不住咳嗽了一下, 结果被警卫发现了。The latest violence has smothered any remaining hopes for an early peace agreement.最近的暴力行为扼杀了及早缔结和平协议的仅存希望。Daisies grow in short grassland and lawns where regular mowing prevents them from being smothered by taller vegetation.雏菊生长在定期刈割的矮草地和草坪上, 这能防止它们被高植物抑制其生长。If you smother someone you love, you make them feel that they have lost their independence and freedom by giving them too much affection and attention.过多关心爱护某人，溺爱I think she broke off their engagement because she felt smothered by him.我想她取消他们的订婚是因为她受不了他的过份娇宠。To smother someone is to kill them by covering their face so that they cannot breathe.闷死某人, 使窒息He was so ill and in such pain that the kindest thing to do would have been to smother him with a pillow.他病情严重, 痛苦万分, 对他来说最好的解脱就是用枕头闷死他。They held guns to our heads and threatened to smother us with plastic bags.他们用枪指着我们的头, 威胁说要用塑料袋闷死我们。When you smother a fire, you stop it burning by covering it with something which prevents air from reaching it.(用东西)压灭火I threw a blanket over him to smother the flames.我用一条毯子盖住他, 扑灭那火焰。
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