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

• Japanese intended surprise attack was thwarted by the American communication intelligence.
  日本计划中的突袭被美国通信情报部门截获。
• 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。
• It was also thwarted by Republican intransigence.
  共和党方面的不妥协形成了阻碍。
• The guards thwarted his attempt to escape from prison.
  警卫阻扰了他越狱的企图。
• 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。
• 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。
• Thus, he aided reaction and thwarted progress.
  因此，他帮助反动派阻挠进步。
• Our plan for a picnic was thwarted by the rain.
  我们的野餐计划因雨受挫。
• It must have galled him that Bardo thwarted each of these measures
  巴多对每一项措施都加以阻挠，这一定让他十分气恼。
• We thwarted all efforts against us.
  我们击败了一切阻挠我们的力量。