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

• Her good intentions were thwarted almost immediately
  她的好心几乎马上被人拒绝了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• My holiday plans have been thwarted by the strike.
  我的度假计划因罢工受阻。
• We thwarted all efforts against us.
  我们击败了一切阻挠我们的力量。
• Our plan for a picnic was thwarted by the rain.
  我们的野餐计划因雨受挫。
• 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。
• Divine Will cannot and will not be thwarted.
  神的意志无法也不会被挫败。