英 [ˈθwɔːtɪd] 美 [ˈθwɔːrtɪd]
adj. 挫败的
v. 挫败（thwart 的过去分词）；反对
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。
disappointingly unsuccessful
disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions ; his best efforts were thwarted
同义词： defeated / disappointed / discomfited / foiled / frustrated
军事英语：海战 ... cripple vt. 损坏；使陷于瘫痪 thwarted vt. 挫败 ambush n. 埋伏；伏击 ...
thwarted 挫败 the final nail in the coffin 盖馆定论，最终失败 ..
Thus, he aided reaction and thwarted progress.
所以他支持保守思想，反对进步。
He was thwarted by the fact that the British were besieging his observation site at Pondicherry in India.
英国人包围了他在印度本地治里的观察点，这一事实使他受挫。
Her good intentions were thwarted almost immediately.
她的好意几乎立即被拒绝。
So far attacks in the U.S. - at least those that are publicly known -- have been thwarted by heightened security awareness and increased counterterrorism measures from the U.S.side, as well as by both bad luck and professional incompetence on the terrorists' part.
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A god can make a plan and they're thwarted by another god who then murders that god.
神可以制订计划，却可以被另一个神阻止,这个神接着还会杀了他。
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The will of any one god can be thwarted by perhaps another god.
某一条神谕可能会受到另一个神的反对。
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Senior defectors confirmed that Turkish authorities last week thwarted a planned kidnapping of Col.
In doing so, important details are inevitably lost and the search for meaningful insights is thwarted.
Importantly, the USCIRF found itself thwarted at every turn by the U.S. Department of State.