frus·trate
verb/frʌˈstreɪt/
/ˈfrʌstreɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they frustrate | /frʌˈstreɪt/ /ˈfrʌstreɪt/ |
| he / she / it frustrates | /frʌˈstreɪts/ /ˈfrʌstreɪts/ |
| past simple frustrated | /frʌˈstreɪtɪd/ /ˈfrʌstreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle frustrated | /frʌˈstreɪtɪd/ /ˈfrʌstreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form frustrating | /frʌˈstreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈfrʌstreɪtɪŋ/ |
- frustrate somebody to make somebody feel annoyed or impatient because they cannot do or achieve what they want
使懊丧；使懊恼；使沮丧 - What frustrates him is that there's too little money to spend on the project.
使他懊恼的是可用于这个项目的资金太少。
- What frustrates him is that there's too little money to spend on the project.
- frustrate somebody/something to prevent somebody from doing something; to prevent something from happening or succeeding
阻止；防止；挫败 - The rescue attempt was frustrated by bad weather.
营救行动因天气恶劣受阻。 - He tried to frustrate his political opponents by denying them access to the media.
他试图通过不让政治对手接触媒体来打击他们。
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failurec2- She felt great resentment at having her ambition frustrated.
她对自己的野心受挫感到非常怨恨。 - Unions are being frustrated in their demands for recognition.
工会要求获得认可的要求遭到挫败。
- The rescue attempt was frustrated by bad weather.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin frustrat- ‘disappointed’, from the verb frustrare, from frustra ‘in vain’.