单词 | frustrated |
释义 | frustratedadj. 1. In senses of the verb; disappointed, balked, etc.; spec. of persons. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adjective] > of purpose: frustrated frustrate1447 discomfited1538 discomfishedc1540 frustrateda1643 balked1704 thwarted1828 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > prevented or checked > thwarted forbeft1487 prevented1568 frustrate1588 crossed1621 frustrateda1643 baffleda1658 nonsuit1679 balked1704 thwarted1828 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > prevented or checked > thwarted > specifically of a person frustrated1866 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adjective] > of person: frustrated frustrate1447 frustrated1877 a1643 J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 155 A frustrated name is an hainous crime. 1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 48 Our By-acquists do richly recompense our frustrated (or rather unsucceeding) pains. 1799 R. Warner Walk Western Counties (1800) 143 The two ravens..returned to accomplish their frustrated purpose. 1828 T. Carlyle Goethe's Helena in Foreign Rev. 1 446 She hastily returns with a frustrated, nay, terrified aspect. 1854 R. W. Emerson Comic in Wks. (1906) III. 204 The frustrated expectation..in the intellect is comedy. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xxiv. 146 Now he felt weary, frustrated, and doubtful of his own temper. 1877 Daily News 5 Nov. 5/2 There must surely be..a good many frustrated careers. 1943 J. S. Huxley Evol. Ethics iii. 22 The individual if not grossly frustrated or oppressed, can adjust himself..to the ethical standards of his society. 1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Nov. 651/1 A whole class of discontented and frustrated young men who, after returning from the war, found inadequate scope for their energies. 2. Of goods, etc.: delayed or prevented from being dispatched. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [adjective] > shipment of merchandise short-shipped1891 frustrated1941 1941 Times (Weekly ed.) 30 July 17/3 We have recently had the unsatisfactory business of ‘frustrated exports’... Exports to several South American countries were ‘frustrated’ by official decree. 1952 Economist 31 May 612/1 The ‘frustrated exports’ that are already individually licensed for sale at home. Draft additions 1993 fruˈstratedly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adverb] > in a frustrated manner thwartedly1870 frustratedly1978 1978 Washington Post 5 Mar. f4/5 [It] fails to include direct references, often leaving the reader wondering frustratedly about an information source. 1982 A. Mather Impetuous Masquerade iii. 43 Rhia pressed her lips together frustratedly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1643 |
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