thwart
thwart 英 [θwɔ:t] 美 [θwɔrt]
vt. 挫败；反对；阻碍；横过 adj. 横放的；固执的 n. 划手座；独木舟的横梁
进行时:thwarting 过去式:thwarted 过去分词:thwarted 第三人称单数:thwarts 名词复数:thwarts
- A villain's worst nightmare is the superhero who always seems to thwart his efforts, preventing him from carrying out his plans to take over the world.
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- vt. 挫败；反对；阻碍；横过
- adj. 横放的；固执的
- n. 划手座；独木舟的横梁
- adv. 横过
- prep. 横过
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1. We need to determine just how the suspect was able to bring dangerous explosives aboard an aircraft and what additional steps we can take to thwart future attacks.
我们需要确定这名嫌疑人何以能够将危险的爆炸品带上飞机，以及我们可以采取哪些进一步措施挫败未来的袭击。
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2. Yet Chinese officials still habitually complain that the world has not accepted China’s emergence, and wants to thwart its ambitions and “contain” it.
然而，中国官员仍旧习惯性地抱怨，世界没有接受中国的崛起，想要挫败中国的雄心壮志并且“抑制”它。
- thwart (adv.) c. 1200, from a Scandinavian source, probably Old Norse þvert "across," originally neuter of thverr (adj.) "transverse, across," cognate with Old English þweorh "transverse, perverse, angry, cross," from Proto-Germanic *thwerh- "twisted, oblique" (source also of Middle Dutch dwers, Dutch dwars "cross-grained, contrary," Old High German twerh, German quer, Gothic þwairhs "angry"), altered (by influence of *thwer- "to turn") from *therkh-, from PIE root *terkw- "to twist." From mid-13c. as an adjective.
- thwart (v.) "oppose, hinder," mid-13c., from thwart (adv.). Related: Thwarted; thwarting.
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