thwarts
v. 阻挠( thwart的第三人称单数 ); 使受挫折; 挫败; <旧>横过
If you thwart someone or thwart their plans, you prevent them from doing or getting what they want.
The accounting firm deliberately destroyed documents to thwart government investigators...
会计事务所故意毁坏文件,阻挠政府调查工作。
Her ambition to become an artist was thwarted by failing eyesight.
她想成为艺术家的梦想由于视力衰减而破灭了。
Matcham steady and alert, at a sign from Dick, ran along the thwarts and leaped ashore.
麦青机警 、 镇静地照着狄克向他做的手势,急急地沿着船上的座板,跳到岸上.
He laid himself down under the thwarts and waited, panting.
躺在坐板下面, 气喘吁吁地等着开船.