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

• Thus, he aided reaction and thwarted progress.
  因此，他帮助反动派阻挠进步。
• It's a black comedy of racial prejudice, mistaken identity and thwarted expectations.
  这是一个关于种族歧视、身份错位和期望落空的黑色喜剧。
• 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；
• It was also thwarted by Republican intransigence.
  共和党方面的不妥协形成了阻碍。
• Time and again we have seen security methods thwarted and broken.
  一次又一次地我们看到安全方法被阻碍并被破坏掉。
• Her good intentions were thwarted almost immediately
  她的好心几乎马上被人拒绝了。
• 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。
• 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。
• I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted.
  我知道你万事都能作，你的计画都不能被拦阻。
• 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。