thwart
英 [θwɔːt]
美 [θwɔːrt]
v. 阻止; 阻挠; 对…构成阻力
过去分词:thwarted 过去式:thwarted 现在分词:thwarting 第三人称单数:thwarts
Collins.1 / BNC.9556 / COCA.8327
牛津词典
verb
- 阻止;阻挠;对…构成阻力
to prevent sb from doing what they want to do- to thwart sb's plans
阻挠某人的计划 - She was thwarted in her attempt to take control of the party.
她控制这个政党的企图受阻了。
- to thwart sb's plans
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.- 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。 - 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。
- The accounting firm deliberately destroyed documents to thwart government investigators...
英英释义
noun
- a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat
verb
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
双语例句
- Shrinking grazing areas and a lack of investment in fodder trees may thwart a sustainable revival.
放牧面积的不断缩小以及缺乏对饲料树木的投资,可能会阻碍骆驼的持续复苏。 - The anti-satellite test may not prove that China can thwart such efforts, but it can certainly complicate them.
反卫星试验虽然不一定能证明中国拥有摧毁美防御系统的能力,但它无疑会给这一防御系统带来更大的挑战。 - We must hope governments thwart the efforts of extremist jihadis to continue to make the news.
我们肯定希望各国政府能够制止极端分子继续制造新闻。 - Even for the exporting country, the gains are illusory, because the curbs thwart the price mechanism.
即便对于出口国而言,这种做法带来的好处也只会是黄粱一梦,因为限制措施会对定价机制形成阻碍。 - It will be odd if I thwart myself, he muttered, unconscious that I was behind him.
“要是我妨碍了我自己,那才古怪哩,”他咕噜着,不知道我在他背后。 - The principal must not interfere with the consummation of the agency or thwart the effectiveness thereof.
本人不能干涉代理人完成代理事项的行为或阻挠其生效。 - He sat down and, clinging to the thwart, began to sob quietly.
他坐下去,抓住了座板,开始低声哭泣。 - Eg. we should care for them and not thwart their enthusiasm.
我们应该关心和爱护他们,而不是阻碍他么的积极性。 - Please don't thwart him, or he will be killing the ceil.
请不要阻止他,不然他会毁了那个电池的。 - Our course must thwart those designs.
我们的方针是必须挫败他们这种企图。