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

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