Новый большой англо-русский словарь - stymie
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stymie
1. безвыходное положение, тупик 2. положение "стайми" (гольф) 3. поставить в безвыходное положение, загнать в угол to stymie a plan —- сорвать план negotiations became stymied —- переговоры зашли в тупик (были сорваны) 4. спорт. поставить противника в положение "стайми" (гольф)
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2.
n. & v. (also stimy) --n. (pl. -ies) 1 Golf a situation where an opponent's ball lies between the player and the hole, forming a possible obstruction to play (lay a stymie). 2 a difficult situation. --v.tr. (stymies, stymied, stymying or stymieing) 1 obstruct; thwart. 2 Golf block (an opponent, his ball, or oneself) with a stymie. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
transitive verb (~d; ~ing) Etymology: Scots stimie, ~ to obstruct a golf shot by interposition of the opponent's ball Date: 1902 to present an obstacle to ; stand in the way of ~d by red tape ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(stymies, stymieing, stymied) If you are stymied by something, you find it very difficult to take action or to continue what you are doing. (INFORMAL) Companies have been stymied by the length of time it takes to reach an agreement... VERB: usu passive, be V-ed ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ v informal to prevent someone from doing what they have planned or want to do; thwart (He desperately wanted to save his marriage, but felt stymied and doomed to fail.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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