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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thwart的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. She intends to thwart his plans, and be revenged on him.她要破坏他的计划,以图报复。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. 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.)
  1. 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
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