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
- 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 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。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - Eg. we should care for them and not thwart their enthusiasm.
我们应该关心和爱护他们,而不是阻碍他么的积极性。 - 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 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 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。