thwarted

英 [ˈθwɔːtɪd]

美 [ˈθwɔːrtɪd]

v.  阻止; 阻挠; 对…构成阻力
thwart的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：thwarted　过去式：thwarted　

BNC.21615 / COCA.25738

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使受挫;阻碍;阻挠
  If youthwartsomeone orthwarttheir plans, you prevent them from doing or getting what they want.
  1. The accounting firm deliberately destroyed documents to thwart government investigators...
     会计事务所故意毁坏文件，阻挠政府调查工作。
  2. Her ambition to become an artist was thwarted by failing eyesight.
     她想成为艺术家的梦想由于视力衰减而破灭了。

英英释义

adj

• disappointingly unsuccessful
  1. disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
  2. their foiled attempt to capture Calais
  3. many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
  4. his best efforts were thwarted
  Synonym:defeateddisappointeddiscomfitedfoiledfrustrated

双语例句

• Verisign then brought suit against ICANN arguing their rights to offer moneymaking services were thwarted.
  Verisign然后被带来的衣服反对ICANN争论他们的权利提供会赚钱服务被反对。
• The boy's lack of money thwarted his plans for college.
  这个男孩因为缺钱，因此上大学的计划受挫了。
• But all withdrawals were overcome by Clare's gentle insistence; All attempts at revelation were lightly thwarted.
  但是她每次往后退缩都在克莱的温情坚持下失败了；她所有想表白的企图都被轻轻地阻止了。
• Our plan for a picnic was thwarted by the rain.
  我们的野餐计划因雨受挫。
• Afghan officials say security forces have thwarted an attack on the capital, Kabul, after killing at least six insurgents in an early morning gunbattle.
  阿富汗官员说，安全部队在清晨枪战中挫败了叛乱分子对首都喀布尔的袭击，打死至少六名叛乱分子。
• It was also thwarted by Republican intransigence.
  共和党方面的不妥协形成了阻碍。
• Her good intentions were thwarted almost immediately
  她的好心几乎马上被人拒绝了。
• Alas, Western powers have often thwarted this aspiration.
  可叹，西方强国常常对这种愿望横加阻挠。
• The police thwarted the robbers 'plans by finding their hide-out and arresting them.
  警方发现了劫匪的藏匿地点并将他们逮捕，从而挫败了他们的计划。
• It's only too natural that he will be thwarted in his ambitions.
  他的图谋将遭到挫败是很自然的事。