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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• My holiday plans have been thwarted by the strike.
  我的度假计划因罢工受阻。
• 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。
• Security guards thwarted hijacking on an Egypt Air flight from Istanbul to Cairo.
  埃及客机保安人员挫败由伊斯坦布尔开往开罗航班发生的劫机事件。
• Divine Will cannot and will not be thwarted.
  神的意志无法也不会被挫败。
• 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。
• 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。
• It was also thwarted by Republican intransigence.
  共和党方面的不妥协形成了阻碍。