音标：[θwɔ:tid] ；

v. 阻挠( thwart的过去式和过去分词 ); 使受挫折; 挫败; <旧>横过

v hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
s disappointingly unsuccessful

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用作动词(v.)

She intends to thwart his plans, and be revenged on him.她要破坏他的计划，以图报复。
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。
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。
Our course must thwart those designs.我们的方针是必须挫败他们这种企图。

用作名词(n.)

He made the fish fast to bow and stern and to the middle thwart.他把绑鱼的绳子系在船头、船梢的中间的座板上。

经典引文

Ignorance makes them churlish, thwart, and mutinous.
出自：Bacon
The crass public or the thwart reviewer.
出自：R. L. Stevenson
To what purpose does he..taunt me for thwarting my own Principles.
出自：S. Parker

【近义词】

frustrate挫败
spoil宠坏
foil钝头剑
prevent预防
obstruct阻隔
hinder阻碍
impede妨碍
ruin毁灭
put paid to结束(打破)
put a stop to制止
stop停止
defeat挫败
balk阻止
hamper妨碍
forbid禁止
prohibit禁止
deter阻止
inhibit抑制
oppose反对
scotch伤口
stonewall阻碍议事
abort流产
embarrass使窘迫
across横过
stem柄
cross穿过
queer古怪的
baffle困惑
bilk赖账

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