英语词汇“thwart”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

thwartthwart1 /θwɔrt/ ●○○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYthwart

Origin: 1300-1400 thwart across (13-19 centuries), from Old Norse thvert

VERB TABLE

thwart

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	thwart
	he, she, it	thwarts
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	thwarted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have thwarted
	he, she, it	has thwarted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had thwarted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will thwart
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have thwarted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am thwarting
	he, she, it	is thwarting
	you, we, they	are thwarting
Past	I, he, she, it	was thwarting
	you, we, they	were thwarting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been thwarting
	he, she, it	has been thwarting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been thwarting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be thwarting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been thwarting

formal to prevent something from succeeding or prevent someone from doing what he or she is trying to do: Efforts to clean up the oil spill have been thwarted by storms.