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

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。
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。
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。
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。
The ongoing work on vasopressin is not the only front researchers and clinicians are investigating to thwart shock.
进行中的增压素研究，并不是想克服休克的研究人员与临床人员的唯一前线研究。
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。
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 anti-satellite test may not prove that China can thwart such efforts, but it can certainly complicate them.
反卫星试验虽然不一定能证明中国拥有摧毁美防御系统的能力，但它无疑会给这一防御系统带来更大的挑战。