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

• 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。
• In his world the natural desires of both women and men are not meant to be thwarted.
  在他的世界里，女人和男人们的自然渴望并不被有意阻挠。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Our plan for a picnic was thwarted by the rain.
  我们的野餐计划因雨受挫。
• 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。
• 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。
• Thus, he aided reaction and thwarted progress.
  因此，他帮助反动派阻挠进步。