thwarted是什么意思？

thwarted

• v. 阻挠( thwart的过去式和过去分词 )，使受挫折，挫败，<旧>横过；

例句

• Our plans for a picnic were 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。
• Her good intentions were thwarted almost immediately. 她的好心几乎马上被人拒绝了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Thus, he aided reaction and thwarted progress. 因此，他帮助反动派阻挠进步。
• Her good intentions were thwarted almost immediately... 她的好心几乎马上被人拒绝了。
• 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。
• It's a black comedy of racial prejudice, mistaken identity and thwarted expectations. 这是一个关于种族歧视、身份错位和期望落空的黑色喜剧。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  使受挫;阻碍;阻挠
  If you thwart someone or thwart their plans, you prevent them from doing or getting what they want.
  例句
  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。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. disappointingly unsuccessful;
  "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions""their foiled attempt to capture Calais""many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers""his best efforts were thwarted"