英英释义
thwarted
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adj.
disappointingly unsuccessful
"disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "his best efforts were thwarted"
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柯林斯英汉双解大词典
thwart /θwɔːt/ TEM4 ( thwarting, thwarted, thwarts )
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V-T If you thwart someone or thwart their plans, you prevent them from doing or getting what they want. 阻挠; 挫败
例：The security forces were doing all they could to thwart terrorists.
安全部队正尽其所能挫败恐怖分子。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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He was thwarted by the fact that the British were besieging his observation site at Pondicherry in India.
英国人包围了他在印度本地治里的观察点，这一事实使他受挫。
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Her good intentions were thwarted almost immediately.
她的好意几乎立即被拒绝。
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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。
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So far attacks in the U.S. - at least those that are publicly known -- have been thwarted by heightened security awareness and increased counterterrorism measures from the U.S.side, as well as by both bad luck and professional incompetence on the terrorists' part.
VOA: standard.2010.05.05
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A god can make a plan and they're thwarted by another god who then murders that god.
神可以制订计划，却可以被另一个神阻止,这个神接着还会杀了他。
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The will of any one god can be thwarted by perhaps another god.
某一条神谕可能会受到另一个神的反对。
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