thwart sth
thwart 是及物动词，后面直接跟表示计划、企图或努力的名词，如 plan、attempt、effort。
The sudden storm thwarted their plans for a picnic.
突如其来的暴风雨阻挠了他们的野餐计划。
阻挠；挫败；阻止
thwarts — third person singular of thwart
使失败；挫败,阻止；阻碍或阻止(努力、计划或愿望)；反对；横过
to prevent (someone's plans or efforts) from succeeding; to frustrate
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
一般现在时
She often thwarts their plans.
她经常阻挠他们的计划。
一般过去时
The security measures thwarted the attack.
安全措施挫败了袭击。
现在完成时
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
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。
用法提示：thwarted 是过去式，表示挫败、阻止某人的计划。
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。
用法提示：thwarted 作及物动词，接宾语 attempt，表示使（努力）失败。
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。
用法提示：thwart 意为阻挠、妨碍，此处用过去式接 efforts。
thwart 是及物动词，后面直接跟表示计划、企图或努力的名词，如 plan、attempt、effort。
The sudden storm thwarted their plans for a picnic.
突如其来的暴风雨阻挠了他们的野餐计划。
sb's 后接 plan、attempt、effort 等名词，再接 to do 说明具体打算做的事。
The injury thwarted her attempt to break the world record.
这次受伤阻挠了她打破世界纪录的尝试。
被动语态常用 be thwarted by 结构，by 后接阻止者或阻止的原因。
The robbery was thwarted by a quick-thinking guard.
这起抢劫被一名反应敏捷的警卫阻止了。
较正式，常用于挫败计划或阴谋
强调使人沮丧的阻止
侧重使困惑而无法进行
较常用，可指物理或抽象阻挡
常指阻挡通道或进程，偏物理
grammar · medium
易错句子The company's expansion plan thwarted by the new law.
正确表达The company's expansion plan was thwarted by the new law.
thwart 是及物动词，当主语是承受结果的事物时，英语必须用“be + 过去分词”的被动结构 was thwarted，不能像中文“计划挫败了”那样省略“被”。
grammar · medium
易错句子The workers thwarted against the new safety policy.
正确表达The workers thwarted the new safety policy.
thwart 是及物动词，后面直接跟宾语，不需要介词 against；中文“反对/阻挠”容易让学习者加 against，但英语中 thwart 本身已含“阻挠”之意。
grammar · medium
易错句子They tried to thwart him to leave the country.
正确表达They tried to thwart his attempt to leave the country.
thwart 不能接“宾语 + 不定式”结构；表示阻止某人做某事，要用 thwart + 名词短语（如 his attempt/plan to do sth），或改用 prevent/stop sb from doing sth。
thwart意为阻碍，aid是帮助其达成目标
与thwart相反，表示提供支持使事情顺利进行
使过程更容易，与thwart的阻碍意义相对
直接反义，表示提供援助而非阻挠
推动事情发展，与thwart的阻止意图相反
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。
thwart常表示设置障碍以阻止某事
thwart成功实施会导致挫败感
thwart行为可能造成计划受挫
thwart常涉及对立的阻力
thwart可指通过封锁手段阻止
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