Chances are that patents on software, common practice in the US and on the brink of being legalised in Europe, in fact s在某些专利组织和大公司的游说下，欧盟准备通过一项法律使软件专利权得以合法化，这将是一个很大的错误。
A:This is only my opinion, of course, but education can stifle creativity, especially if you study things such as scienc答：这当然只是我的观点，但是教育（的确）可以扼杀创造力，特别是当你学习科学或是计算机这类东西的时候。
After twenty minutes, Kevin couldn't stifle his curiosity any longer.20分钟过去了，凯文更无法压住他强烈的好奇了。
And again, I don't see how it's possible to steer broadband providers away from a business model that – like Microsoft's再一次，我不知道怎样才能使宽带供应商远离微软那样的商业模式，可能对他们有好处但会压制创新。
But now his occasional sobs gave way to a steady, silent crying, his eyes screwed tightly shut, his fist in his mouth to可是，这时他的断断续续的抽泣已经无法克制，变成了一种持续的、无声的哭泣。他紧闭着双目，把小拳头塞进嘴里，以控制自己的抽泣。