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frustrate sb
frustrate 后接人，表示使人感到沮丧或受挫。
The difficult exam frustrated many students.
困难的考试使许多学生受挫。
挫败；阻挠；使受挫
frustrating — present participle of frustrate
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挫败；阻挠；使受挫
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
The difficult exam frustrated many students.
困难的考试使许多学生受挫。
使失望或挫败；通过剥夺期望或渴望的东西来使人烦恼。
To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
阻碍或挫败。
To hinder or thwart.
引起压力或烦恼。
To cause stress or annoyance.
frustrate
Base
原形
frustrates
3rd person
第三人称单数
frustrating
-ing
现在分词
frustrated
Past
过去式
frustrated
Past participle
过去分词
He frustrates my plans.
他破坏了我的计划。
The delay frustrated us.
延误使我们受挫。
She has frustrated his efforts.
她挫败了他的努力。
The problem is frustrating me.
这个问题正让我感到沮丧。
挫败，使沮丧
The sudden storm frustrated our plans for a picnic in the park.
突如其来的暴风雨挫败了我们在公园野餐的计划。
A slow internet connection frustrates every attempt to finish my online work.
缓慢的网速使我完成在线工作的每一次尝试都受挫。
The lack of clear instructions is frustrating our efforts to complete the task.
缺乏清晰的说明正在阻挠我们完成这项任务的努力。
frustrate 后接人，表示使人感到沮丧或受挫。
The difficult exam frustrated many students.
困难的考试使许多学生受挫。
frustrate 后接事物，表示阻挠或妨碍某事的实现。
Bad weather frustrated our travel plans.
恶劣天气打乱了我们的旅行计划。
被动结构表示某人对某事感到懊恼或失望。
She was frustrated with the slow progress.
她对缓慢的进展感到沮丧。
Not this
I feel frustrate about the exam results.
Use this
I feel frustrated about the exam results.
frustrate是动词，表示‘使受挫’；而表示‘感到受挫的’需用过去分词形式frustrated作形容词。汉语‘感到沮丧’对应英语‘feel frustrated’，不可用动词原形。
Not this
The delay frustrated to the team.
Use this
The delay frustrated the team.
frustrate是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词to。汉语‘使团队受挫’对应英语‘frustrate the team’，添加介词to是受到汉语‘对…’结构的影响，属于冗余错误。
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挫败某人的计划
The heavy rain frustrated our plans for a picnic.
大雨使我们野餐的计划落空了。
阻挠尝试
The strict security measures frustrated all attempts to enter the building.
严格的安全措施阻挠了所有进入大楼的尝试。
使努力受挫
Lack of funding frustrated the team's efforts to complete the project.
资金不足使团队完成项目的努力受挫。
感到沮丧
Many students feel frustrated when they cannot solve a math problem.
许多学生解不出数学题时会感到沮丧。
变得懊恼
He became frustrated with the slow progress of the negotiations.
他对谈判进展缓慢变得懊恼。
挫败敌人
The clever tactics frustrated the enemy's advance.
巧妙的战术挫败了敌人的前进。
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联想 '拂'（拍打）+ '挫'（挫折），意为拍打掉你的计划，使其受挫。
frustrate 一词在口语和书面语中均常见，没有明显的语体限制，常用来表达受挫或受阻的感受。当用于正式文体时，多指政策、计划等被挫败或破坏。
These words share the spelling pattern '-trate' but do not rhyme with 'frustrate' because the stressed vowel differs (frustrate has /ʌ/, while these have /ɪ/, /ɔː/, /ɛ/, etc.). The unstressed ending /streɪt/ or /treɪt/ is similar.
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