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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Their political ambitions thwarted, the upper classes turned their energies towards entertaining themselves.
  他们的政治雄心受到阻碍，上层阶层将自身能力转向了自我娱乐。
• It was also thwarted by Republican intransigence.
  共和党方面的不妥协形成了阻碍。
• 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。
• The prime minister thwarted the opposition's maneuver to gain control of the government.
  首相挫败了反对党企图控制政府的阴谋。
• She will console me spiritually when I am thwarted and frustrated;
  当我受到挫折而感到沮丧时，她会给我以精神上的安慰；
• The guards thwarted his attempt to escape from prison.
  警卫阻扰了他越狱的企图。
• 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。