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单词 thwarted
释义
thwarted
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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 FAMILY
thwarted: thwartedly+/thwart: thwarted, thwarter, thwarting, thwarts/thwarter: thwarters/thwarting: thwartings
USAGE EXAMPLES
In 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
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