英 [θwɔːt] 美 [θwɔːrt]
v. 反对，阻挠，挫败；横过
n. （划艇上的）横坐板
adv. <古，文>横跨（地）
prep. <古，文>横跨（地）
adj. 横放的；固执的
复数thwarts
第三人称单数thwarts
现在分词thwarting
过去式thwarted
过去分词thwarted
thwart /θwɔːt/ TEM4 [ thwarting thwarted thwarts ]
及物动词 If you thwart someone or thwart their plans, you prevent them from doing or getting what they want. 阻挠; 挫败
The security forces were doing all they could to thwart terrorists.
安全部队正尽其所能挫败恐怖分子。
... impede妨碍，阻碍，阻止： hinder妨碍，妨害；阻碍；阻止，使不能发生： thwart反对；阻挠；妨碍；挫败： ...
... tedium单调乏味 thwart阻碍 vegetative植物的；有生长力的。 ...
... impede妨碍，阻碍，阻止： hinder妨碍，妨害；阻碍；阻止，使不能发生： thwart反对；阻挠；妨碍；挫败： ...
... impede妨碍，阻碍，阻止： hinder妨碍，妨害；阻碍；阻止，使不能发生： thwart反对；阻挠；妨碍；挫败： ...
thwartwise 横着的
thwartwise 横着
The security forces were doing all they could to thwart terrorists.
安全部队正尽其所能挫败恐怖分子。
In The Avengers, the all-star ensemble must thwart a possible world-ending scheme devised by Thor's villainous brother Loki.
在《复仇者联盟》中，众星云集，必须要阻止雷神的邪恶兄弟洛基设计的可能毁灭世界的计划。
The Decade can help thwart this needless loss of life.
行动十年将有助于减少这种不必要的生命损失。
Researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne say the disease has evolved to thwart the body's natural defenses.
VOA : standard.2010.01.20
Major rifts within the opposition have been cited as the biggest factor likely to thwart efforts by their leader Anwar Ibrahim to win control of government at the next election,due by 2013, although some analysts say a poll could be held as early as next year.
VOA : standard.2009.12.21
Once they discovered their moral freedom, once they discovered that they could thwart God and work evil in the world, and abuse and corrupt all that God had created, then God could not afford to allow them access to the tree of life.
一旦他们意识到了，道德自由,一旦他们违背上帝，开始作恶,摧残，腐化，上帝的创造物,上帝便不准他们再接近生命树。
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Some use encryption (of the sort used to protect charge card numbers) to thwart the censors.
If anyone should know how to thwart a hacker, it's the folks at the Pentagon, right?
The hackers were angered by officials who blocked cellphone signals to thwart a protest last week.