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

• 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。
• Sometimes it isn't you I hate but your power to thwart me.
  有时让我讨厌的并不是你，而是你阻挠我的能力。
• The beleaguered EU leadership now has a fresh opportunity to rebuild market confidence and thwart recession.
  饱受诟病的欧盟领导层如今将有新的机会重振市场信心，抗击经济衰退。
• 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。
• Our course must thwart those designs.
  我们的方针是必须挫败他们这种企图。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• When used in conjunction with nonce and timestamp checking, this can effectively thwart replay attacks.
  将nonce与时间戳检查一起使用时，可以有效地阻止回复攻击。
• 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。