stymie

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Regulators may yet stymie the growth of real-time bidding.
琯制者或許會對實時競價系統的發展進行阻撓。
Cutting interest rates risks inflation (which would stymie entry into the euro).
削減利潤率會引起通脹的危險，（這個會妨礙他們進入歐元區）同時會使貨幣疲軟。
Those inconsistencies, the report says, stymie attainment of crucial environmental objectives.
該報告說，這些矛盾妨礙了實現重要的環境目標的工作。

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Why then, have the Russians continued to support Assad and to stymie Western efforts at intervention?
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If you are stymied by something, you find it very difficult to take action or to continue what you are doing.