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　

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牛津词典

verb

• 阻止；阻挠；对…构成阻力
  to prevent sb from doing what they want to do
  1. to thwart sb's plans
     阻挠某人的计划
  2. 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。

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

noun

• a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat
  Synonym:cross thwart

verb

• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
  1. What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
  2. foil your opponent
  Synonym:queerspoilscotchfoilcrossfrustratebafflebilk

双语例句

• I don't think that will thwart our purposes.
  我认为那不会使我们的目的受到挫折。
• The Decade can help thwart this needless loss of life.
  行动十年将有助于减少这种不必要的生命损失。
• Unlike them, we had it in our unaided power to match Soviet arms and to thwart Soviet adventures.
  我们与他们不同，我们能够不靠别人援助而独力抗衡苏联的军事力量和阻挡苏联的冒险。
• Our course must thwart those designs.
  我们的方针是必须挫败他们这种企图。
• 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。
• 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。
• Social media has become powerful enough to thwart their plans.
  这个结果对大型版权所有人及其政治盟友不啻当头棒喝，但很可能他们并未意识到：社交媒体已经强大到足以威胁他们的计划。
• The benefits are the costs that the enemy's attack, the attack that going to war now will thwart, will impose on the nation.
  袭击将会影响和毁灭国家，所以将导致战争，敌人这种袭击的成本正是收益。
• Sweden has taken a similar position to the UK, and other countries could yet thwart a deal.
  瑞典的立场与英国类似，还有一些成员国也可能阻挠协议达成。
• 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。