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'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。
• Our plan for a picnic was thwarted by the rain.
  我们的野餐计划因雨受挫。
• 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。
• Verisign then brought suit against ICANN arguing their rights to offer moneymaking services were thwarted.
  Verisign然后被带来的衣服反对ICANN争论他们的权利提供会赚钱服务被反对。
• It was also thwarted by Republican intransigence.
  共和党方面的不妥协形成了阻碍。
• Afghan officials say security forces have thwarted an attack on the capital, Kabul, after killing at least six insurgents in an early morning gunbattle.
  阿富汗官员说，安全部队在清晨枪战中挫败了叛乱分子对首都喀布尔的袭击，打死至少六名叛乱分子。
• 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。
• 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。
• The guards thwarted his attempt to escape from prison.
  警卫阻扰了他越狱的企图。
• My holiday plans have been thwarted by the strike.
  我的度假计划因罢工受阻。