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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The president has shown strong leadership in resisting protectionist actions that could thwart recovery.
在抵制保护主义措施，以免阻碍复苏方面，奥巴马迄今展示了强有力的领导力。 - 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。 - 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 administration accepted the principle that fiscal policy should promote recovery, not thwart it.
政府接受了以下原则：即财政政策应该推动、而非阻碍经济复苏。 - The English managed to thwart the other colonisers and came to rule much of the country by1840.
到1840年，英国成功地阻止了其他国家，逐渐掌握了整个国家的统治权。