| 单词 | thwarted |
| 释义 | thwarted (once / 1818 pages) adj Thwarted describes something that didn't work out, like your thwarted plan to relax at home — a friend just called to ask you to help find her runaway dog. The verb thwart describes defeating something or someone, so the adjective form, thwarted, describes something that has been defeated — or ruined — like a thwarted team that isn't going to win the championship; another team has surpassed them. If you give up on your dream of becoming a veterinarian, instead of feeling thwarted, you should put your energy into finding a different career that will be better for you. WORD FAMILYthwarted: thwartedly+/thwart: thwarted, thwarter, thwarting, thwarts/thwarter: thwarters/thwarting: thwartings USAGE EXAMPLESIn their thwarted agenda, financial regulations were to be unspooled. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) He was arrested after officers thwarted him with pepper spray. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) It’s acutely aware of the risks of violence on trains, after American passengers thwarted an attack on a Paris-Amsterdam train in 2015. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) adj disappointingly unsuccessful his best efforts were thwarted Syn defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated unsuccessful not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。