thwarted
v. 阻撓( thwart的過去式和過去分詞 ); 使受挫折; 挫敗; <舊>橫過
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...
會計事務所故意毀壞檔案,阻撓政府調查工作。
Her ambition to become an artist was thwarted by failing eyesight.
她想成為藝術家的夢想由於視力衰減而破滅了。
1. disappointingly unsuccessful;
It must have galled him that Bardo thwarted each of these measures.
巴多對每一項措施都加以阻撓,這一定讓他十分氣惱。
Her ambition to become an artist was thwarted by failing eyesight.
她想成為藝術家的夢想由於視力衰減而破滅了。
Her good intentions were thwarted almost immediately.
她的好心幾乎馬上被人拒絕了。
Thus, he aided reaction and thwarted progress.
因此,他幫助反動派阻撓進步。
The guards thwarted his attempt to escape from prison.
警衛阻擾了他越獄的企圖.