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.It risks stymieing its own progress by giving the central government too much input.
如果中央政府权力太多,就有可能阻碍改革开放的进程。
2.Such dust might be hiding deuterium , an isotope of hydrogen, and stymieing astronomers' efforts to study star and galaxy formation.
这大团的尘埃中可能含有氘(氢元素的同位素),恰好妨碍了天文学家们研究恒星和星系形成过程的一切努力。