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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The principal must not interfere with the consummation of the agency or thwart the effectiveness thereof.
  本人不能干涉代理人完成代理事项的行为或阻挠其生效。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And Almighty God decreed that the Devil should not thwart it.
  且全能的神命令了魔鬼不能阻挠它。