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单词 thwart
释义
thwart
verb[T]
uk
/θwɔːt/us
/θwɔːrt/
tostopsomething fromhappeningor someone from doing something:
反对；阻挠；挫败
Ourholidayplanswere thwarted by theairlinepilots'strike因为航空公司飞行员罢工，我的度假计划泡汤了。
Synonyms
foil
frustrate
queersomeone'spitchUKinformal
scotchformal
spoil
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to prevent something from happening
  • preventVaccination will prevent the spread of the disease.
  • avoidLabel the boxes to avoid confusion.
  • stopThis should stop any further trouble.
  • avertWe had to act quickly to avert disaster.
  • prohibitBehavioural problems in the classroom prohibit learning.
  • checkChildren are being vaccinated in an attempt to check the spread of the disease.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Preventing and impeding
  • anti-jamming
  • avert
  • avoid
  • avoidable
  • bar
  • be a drag onsomeone/somethingidiom
  • bottleneck
  • derail
  • fireproof
  • hamper
  • hang
  • havesomeone/somethinghanging roundyourneckidiom
  • head off
  • hinder
  • prejudice
  • prevent
  • preventable
  • prevention
  • prevention is better than cureidiom
  • scuttle
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(Definition ofthwartfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

thwart| American Dictionary

thwart
verb[T]
us
/θwɔrt/
tostopsomething fromhappeningor someone from doing something:
Thecitycouncilthwarted hisreformefforts.
(Definition ofthwartfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofthwart

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Anxiety about the relativist abyss in which 'all pasts are equal' has thwarted efforts to evaluate alternatives to 'objective science'.
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Should other dependent reasons enter the picture, then it is not at all clear that the (normal) goal of arbitration would be thwarted.
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However, unlike the ' self-active ' strategies they employed, their efforts to pursue strategies based on seeking external sources of help were thwarted.
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Unlike film, music has the capacity for simultaneous juxtaposition that similarly thwarts forward motion.
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With popular government thwarted, citizens had nothing to lose and everything to gain by realizing that the new government was a conspiracy.
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The first has to do with how well expectations line up with actualities, whether they are realised or thwarted in the course of one's life.
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It is imperative therefore that leaders of the indigenous community stop using arguments based on alleged 'paramountcy' tothwartconsociational government.
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A leader thwarts a challenge if she either retains a winning coalition or prevents the challenger from assembling a winning coalition.
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A jet engine fails to start even though its parts are in perfect repair - thus thwarting a hijacker.
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The largest significant coefficient for left ideology is hardly diminished in absolute magnitude, in moving from thwarted to fulfilled voters (respectively, 4.09 to 3.46).
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Poised at the historical dawn of music technology, we are presented with a unique opportunity tothwartissues of gender equality and equity.
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He interpreted the incident as a microcosm of revolutionary longing thwarted by bourgeois society.
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They may also seek tothwartthe work of the collaborative because they see it as a threat to themselves or their interests.
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Even if a satisfactory storyline has been created - and as we shall see later this is not inevitable - its continuation may be thwarted.
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Another convention was the infernal invocation, in which spirits were conjured up to assist in carrying out a plan or tothwartsomeone's actions.
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