thwarts
v. 阻撓( thwart的第三人稱單數 ); 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。
Matcham steady and alert, at a sign from Dick, ran along the thwarts and leaped ashore.
麥青機警 、 鎮靜地照著狄克向他做的手勢,急急地沿著船上的座板,跳到岸上.
He laid himself down under the thwarts and waited, panting.
躺在坐板下面, 氣喘吁吁地等著開船.