to prevent sb from doing sth that they have planned or want to do; to prevent sth from happening
1.妨碍(计划等) (=stimy) 阻碍
1.to stop someone from achieving a goal, or to stop some process from continuing
1.Chinese steelmakers argued that the U. S. industry is trying to stymie legitimate competition and wasn't injured by the imports.
中国钢铁生产商认为，美国钢铁行业是在力图阻挠合法竞争，并且没有受到进口产品的损害。
2.The intent to override "turf wars" is a clear hint to Congress that political rivalries will not be allowed to stymie reform.
其压倒“地盘争斗”的用意，对美国国会是一道明确暗示：不允许政治对立阻挠改革。
3.Russia has also continued to stymie U. S. efforts to impose tough international sanctions on Iran and Syria.
俄罗斯则在继续阻止美国对叙利亚和伊朗发起更严厉的国际制裁。
4.The White House and congressional Democrats have vowed to stymie the Republicans' push to repeal health care.
白宫和国会民主党曾誓言将阻挠共和党推翻医改法的行动。
5.In that case, Mr Jonathan's own ambition could stymie his commendable aims for the rest of this term of office.
在这种情况下乔纳森总统自己的政治抱负可能阻碍他在本届任期内那些值得称赞的政策。
6.S. presidents barely draw a lesson from this. It's terrible for em to initiate a war then engulf itself into a stymie.
尽管如此，美国现代总统很少吸取历史教训，他们发动战争后往往陷入被动，从而铸成大错。
7.But Mr Makoni's team thinks sympathizers in ZANU-PF will give valuable tip-offs to help stymie the rigging.
但是马科尼先生的小组认为“民盟”中的同情者将会透露这方面的珍贵情报来帮助他们阻碍有人试图操纵大选。
8.But precise data are in short supply, a fact that would stymie even the best regulators.
但准确的数据仍不清楚，这一点对哪怕是最优秀的监管机构都构成了障碍。
9.To combat bad loans and hopefully stymie inflation, reserve requirement have been raised three times for Chinese banks.
为了防止呆账坏账发生并预防通胀，中国银行的存款准备金比率上升了三倍多。
10.Clearly, no longer Can a dictator count on East-West confrontation to stymie concerted U. N. action against aggression.
显然，不再可能利用东西方的对抗，使联合国无法对侵略采取一致行动。