frustrate

frus·trate

F0346200 (frŭs′trāt′)tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent (someone) from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: A persistent wind frustrated me as I tried to rake the leaves.b. To cause feelings of discouragement, annoyance, or lack of fulfillment in: She was frustrated by his inability to remember her birthday.2. To prevent from coming to fruition or fulfillment; render ineffectual: frustrated his ambition; frustrated their scheme for reform.

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[Middle English frustraten, from Latin frūstrārī, frūstrāt-, from frūstrā, in vain.]

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frus′trat′er n.frus′trat′ing·ly adv.

frustrate

(frʌˈstreɪt) vb (tr) 1. to hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; thwart2. to upset, agitate, or tire: her constant complaints began to frustrate him. adjarchaic frustrated or thwarted; baffled[C15: from Latin frustrāre to cheat, from frustrā in error] frusˈtrater n

frus•trate

(ˈfrʌs treɪt)

v. -trat•ed, -trat•ing,
adj. v.t. 1. to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify. 2. to disappoint or thwart (a person). v.i. 3. to become frustrated. adj. 4. frustrated. [1400–50; late Middle English < Latin frustrātus, past participle of frustrārī, v. derivative of frustrā in vain] frus′trat•er, n. frus′trat•ing•ly, adv.

frustrate

Past participle: frustrated
Gerund: frustrating

Imperative
frustrate
frustrate

Present
I frustrate
you frustrate
he/she/it frustrates
we frustrate
you frustrate
they frustrate

Preterite
I frustrated
you frustrated
he/she/it frustrated
we frustrated
you frustrated
they frustrated

Present Continuous
I am frustrating
you are frustrating
he/she/it is frustrating
we are frustrating
you are frustrating
they are frustrating

Present Perfect
I have frustrated
you have frustrated
he/she/it has frustrated
we have frustrated
you have frustrated
they have frustrated

Past Continuous
I was frustrating
you were frustrating
he/she/it was frustrating
we were frustrating
you were frustrating
they were frustrating

Past Perfect
I had frustrated
you had frustrated
he/she/it had frustrated
we had frustrated
you had frustrated
they had frustrated

Future
I will frustrate
you will frustrate
he/she/it will frustrate
we will frustrate
you will frustrate
they will frustrate

Future Perfect
I will have frustrated
you will have frustrated
he/she/it will have frustrated
we will have frustrated
you will have frustrated
they will have frustrated

Future Continuous
I will be frustrating
you will be frustrating
he/she/it will be frustrating
we will be frustrating
you will be frustrating
they will be frustrating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been frustrating
you have been frustrating
he/she/it has been frustrating
we have been frustrating
you have been frustrating
they have been frustrating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been frustrating
you will have been frustrating
he/she/it will have been frustrating
we will have been frustrating
you will have been frustrating
they will have been frustrating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been frustrating
you had been frustrating
he/she/it had been frustrating
we had been frustrating
you had been frustrating
they had been frustrating

Conditional
I would frustrate
you would frustrate
he/she/it would frustrate
we would frustrate
you would frustrate
they would frustrate

Past Conditional
I would have frustrated
you would have frustrated
he/she/it would have frustrated
we would have frustrated
you would have frustrated
they would have frustrated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	frustrate - hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"queer, scotch, thwart, foil, baffle, bilk, cross, spoildisappoint, let down - fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid - keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"dash - destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"short-circuit - hamper the progress of; impede; "short-circuit warm feelings"ruin - destroy or cause to fail; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election"
	2.	frustrate - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"bedevil, dun, rag, torment, crucifymadden - drive up the wall; go on someone's nervesbeset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"hamstring - make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules"badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, tease - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"persecute, oppress - cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"

frustrate

verb1. discourage, anger, depress, annoy, infuriate, exasperate, dishearten, dissatisfy These questions frustrated me.
discourage encourage, cheer, hearten2. thwart, stop, check, block, defeat, disappoint, counter, confront, spoil, foil, baffle, inhibit, hobble, balk, circumvent, forestall, neutralize, stymie, nullify, render null and void The government has deliberately frustrated his efforts.
thwart further, forward, encourage, advance, promote, satisfy, stimulate, endorse

frustrate

verbTo prevent from accomplishing a purpose:baffle, balk, check, checkmate, defeat, foil, stymie, thwart.Informal: cross, stump.Idiom: cut the ground from under.

Translations

使感到灰心使无效

frustrate

(fraˈstreit) , ((American) ˈfrastreit) verb1. to make (someone) feel disappointed, useless etc. Staying at home all day frustrated her. 使感到灰心 使感到灰心2. to make useless. His efforts were frustrated. 使無效 使无效fruˈstration noun 受挫 受挫frusˈtrated adjective1. disappointed; unhappy; not satisfied. She is very unhappy and frustrated as a teacher. 失望的 失望的2. unable to have the kind of job, career etc that one would like. Literary critics are often frustrated writers. 受挫折的 受挫折的