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

• Divine Will cannot and will not be thwarted.
  神的意志无法也不会被挫败。
• 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。
• Our plan for a picnic was thwarted by the rain.
  我们的野餐计划因雨受挫。
• The guards thwarted his attempt to escape from prison.
  警卫阻扰了他越狱的企图。
• We thwarted all efforts against us.
  我们击败了一切阻挠我们的力量。
• My holiday plans have been thwarted by the strike.
  我的度假计划因罢工受阻。
• 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。
• 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。
• I am thwarted in every thing material. I do not consider myself at all a fortunate person.
  我在生活上没一件事是称心的，我根本就不认为自己是个幸运儿。
• 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。