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　

TOEFL GRE TEM8

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
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

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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
To thwart this most heinous threat to your world.
来阻止对你们星球的邪恶威胁。