stymied ['staɪmi:d]

例句:

• Bureaucratic resistance stymied Cheney and Rumsfeld on several fronts.
  来自NEWYORKER
• Companies have been stymied by the length of time it takes to reach an agreement.
  由于耗时过长，各公司一直未能达成协议。
  
• Relief efforts have been stymied in recent weeks by armed gunmen.
  最近几周的救援工作一直受到武装分子的阻挠。
  
• I was completely stymied by her refusal to help.
  由于她拒不相助,我完全陷入了困境.
  
• I am stymied as to why anyone would think otherwise.
  来自SA
• But impassible roads have stymied the rescue effort.
  来自VOA