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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Each level tries to thwart different types of attacks and also provides more barriers to attackers.
  每个级别防范不同的攻击类型，并提供对攻击者更有效的屏障。
• Police efforts to thwart a feared attack triggered a disruptive, security clampdown across the country.
  警方力图挫败恐怖袭击，在全国掀起一场干扰（机场正常运作）的保安和打击活动。
• I would then argue that China's determination to thwart needed adjustment in exchange rates had become intolerable.
  那时我会辩称，中国坚决阻挠必要汇率调整的行为，已经到了不可忍受的程度。
• 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。