thwart efforts
collocation挫败努力
The government's efforts to reduce pollution were thwarted by industrial lobbyists.
政府减少污染的努力被工业游说者挫败了。
阻挠；挫败；阻止
thwarted — past of thwart
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阻挠；挫败；阻止
to prevent (someone's plans or efforts) from succeeding; to frustrate
The police thwarted the robbers' plan to break into the bank.
警方挫败了劫匪闯入银行的计划。
使失败；挫败,阻止
To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
阻碍或阻止(努力、计划或愿望)
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
thwart
Base
原形
thwarts
3rd person
第三人称单数
thwarting
-ing
现在分词
thwarted
Past
过去式
thwarted
Past participle
过去分词
She often thwarts their plans.
她经常阻挠他们的计划。
The security measures thwarted the attack.
安全措施挫败了袭击。
They have thwarted every attempt so far.
到目前为止，他们挫败了每一次尝试。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed
Bad weather thwarted our attempt to climb the mountain.
坏天气使我们攀登那座山的尝试受挫。
A sudden power cut thwarted the team's efforts to finish the project on time.
突然停电阻挠了团队按时完成项目的努力。
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挫败努力
The government's efforts to reduce pollution were thwarted by industrial lobbyists.
政府减少污染的努力被工业游说者挫败了。
阻挠计划
A sudden storm thwarted their plans for a picnic.
一场突如其来的暴风雨阻挠了他们野餐的计划。
阻止企图
Security measures thwarted the hacker's attempts to breach the system.
安全措施阻止了黑客入侵系统的企图。
阻碍雄心
Lack of funding thwarted her ambitions to start a business.
资金不足阻碍了她创业的雄心。
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把thwart拆成th+wart，wart让人联想到阻碍你计划的麻烦。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、discussions of plans、literature 该词多用于正式文体，如文学作品或讨论计划受阻的语境中，日常口语中较少使用。
thwart 是及物动词，后接宾语，常搭配 'in' 表示阻碍某人的计划。
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