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

• 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 guards thwarted his attempt to escape from prison.
  警卫阻扰了他越狱的企图。
• 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。
• But all withdrawals were overcome by Clare's gentle insistence; All attempts at revelation were lightly thwarted.
  但是她每次往后退缩都在克莱的温情坚持下失败了；她所有想表白的企图都被轻轻地阻止了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They were thwarted in their ambition.
  他们的野心受到阻挠[未能得逞]。
• 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。