thwarted

1. VERB 使受挫;阻碍;阻挠
   If you thwart someone or thwart their 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。

1. It's a black comedy of racial prejudice, mistaken identity and thwarted expectations.
   这是一个关于种族歧视、身份错位和期望落空的黑色喜剧。
2. It must have galled him that Bardo thwarted each of these measures
   巴多对每一项措施都加以阻挠，这一定让他十分气恼。
3. Her good intentions were thwarted almost immediately
   她的好心几乎马上被人拒绝了。
4. Thus, he aided reaction and thwarted progress.
   因此，他帮助反动派阻挠进步。
5. 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。
6. Time and again we have seen security methods thwarted and broken.
   一次又一次地我们看到安全方法被阻碍并被破坏掉。
7. Afghan officials say security forces have thwarted an attack on the capital, Kabul, after killing at least six insurgents in an early morning gunbattle.
   阿富汗官员说，安全部队在清晨枪战中挫败了叛乱分子对首都喀布尔的袭击，打死至少六名叛乱分子。
8. Their political ambitions thwarted, the upper classes turned their energies towards entertaining themselves.
   他们的政治雄心受到阻碍，上层阶层将自身能力转向了自我娱乐。
9. She will console me spiritually when I am thwarted and frustrated;
   当我受到挫折而感到沮丧时，她会给我以精神上的安慰；
10. The boy's lack of money thwarted his plans for college.
    这个男孩因为缺钱，因此上大学的计划受挫了。
11. However, its ambition was thwarted by China's determination to ensure that CICC remained under local control.
    然而，中国决心将中金公司置于本土控制之下，使得摩根士丹利的雄心受挫。
12. My holiday plans have been thwarted by the strike.
    我的度假计划因罢工受阻。
13. Divine Will cannot and will not be thwarted.
    神的意志无法也不会被挫败。
14. I am thwarted in every thing material. I do not consider myself at all a fortunate person.
    我在生活上没一件事是称心的，我根本就不认为自己是个幸运儿。
15. It was also thwarted by Republican intransigence.
    共和党方面的不妥协形成了阻碍。
16. The prime minister thwarted the opposition's maneuver to gain control of the government.
    首相挫败了反对党企图控制政府的阴谋。
17. But all withdrawals were overcome by Clare's gentle insistence; All attempts at revelation were lightly thwarted.
    但是她每次往后退缩都在克莱的温情坚持下失败了；她所有想表白的企图都被轻轻地阻止了。
18. I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted.
    我知道你万事都能作，你的计画都不能被拦阻。
19. The guards thwarted his attempt to escape from prison.
    警卫阻扰了他越狱的企图。
20. They were thwarted in their ambition.
    他们的野心受到阻挠[未能得逞]。
21. Security guards thwarted hijacking on an Egypt Air flight from Istanbul to Cairo.
    埃及客机保安人员挫败由伊斯坦布尔开往开罗航班发生的劫机事件。
22. The police thwarted the robbers 'plans by finding their hide-out and arresting them.
    警方发现了劫匪的藏匿地点并将他们逮捕，从而挫败了他们的计划。
23. In his world the natural desires of both women and men are not meant to be thwarted.
    在他的世界里，女人和男人们的自然渴望并不被有意阻挠。
24. It's only too natural that he will be thwarted in his ambitions.
    他的图谋将遭到挫败是很自然的事。
25. Japanese intended surprise attack was thwarted by the American communication intelligence.
    日本计划中的突袭被美国通信情报部门截获。
26. However, Prospero's plans for revenge are thwarted when his daughter meets the king's son, Ferdinand.
    但普洛斯彼罗的报复计划遭到了挫败，因为他的女儿爱上了国王的儿子费迪南。
27. We thwarted all efforts against us.
    我们击败了一切阻挠我们的力量。
28. Alas, Western powers have often thwarted this aspiration.
    可叹，西方强国常常对这种愿望横加阻挠。
29. Our plan for a picnic was thwarted by the rain.
    我们的野餐计划因雨受挫。
30. Verisign then brought suit against ICANN arguing their rights to offer moneymaking services were thwarted.
    Verisign然后被带来的衣服反对ICANN争论他们的权利提供会赚钱服务被反对。

adj

1. disappointingly unsuccessful
   1. disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
   2. their foiled attempt to capture Calais
   3. many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
   4. his best efforts were thwarted

   Synonym:    defeateddisappointeddiscomfitedfoiledfrustrated