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 was also thwarted by Republican intransigence.
  共和党方面的不妥协形成了阻碍。
• We thwarted all efforts against us.
  我们击败了一切阻挠我们的力量。
• 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。
• 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。
• However, its ambition was thwarted by China's determination to ensure that CICC remained under local control.
  然而，中国决心将中金公司置于本土控制之下，使得摩根士丹利的雄心受挫。
• 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。
• The guards thwarted his attempt to escape from prison.
  警卫阻扰了他越狱的企图。
• Thus, he aided reaction and thwarted progress.
  因此，他帮助反动派阻挠进步。
• My holiday plans have been thwarted by the strike.
  我的度假计划因罢工受阻。
• 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。