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

• 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。
• They were thwarted in their ambition.
  他们的野心受到阻挠[未能得逞]。
• Her good intentions were thwarted almost immediately
  她的好心几乎马上被人拒绝了。
• 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。
• My holiday plans have been thwarted by the strike.
  我的度假计划因罢工受阻。
• Divine Will cannot and will not be thwarted.
  神的意志无法也不会被挫败。
• Thus, he aided reaction and thwarted progress.
  因此，他帮助反动派阻挠进步。
• 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。
• 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。
• However, Prospero's plans for revenge are thwarted when his daughter meets the king's son, Ferdinand.
  但普洛斯彼罗的报复计划遭到了挫败，因为他的女儿爱上了国王的儿子费迪南。