Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense stymies, present participle stymieing, past tense, past participle stymied
VERB [usually passive]妨碍;阻挠;阻碍 If you are stymied by something, you find it very difficult to take action or to continue what you are doing. 妨碍;阻挠;阻碍 [informal]
Companies have been stymied by the length of time it takes to reach an agreement. [beVERB-ed]
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. [beVERB-ed]