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小词详解 | thwart
thwart 英 [θwɔːt] 美 [θwɔːrt]
The Chinese suspect that America is motivated by a desire not for fair trade but for thwarting a new rival.
中方则怀疑美国的目的并非公平贸易,而是要打压一个新对手。
——《经济学人》Just as some scientists are working on quantum computers, others are working on quantum security techniques that could thwart the code-breaking abilities of these machines of the future.
正如一些科学家在研究量子计算机一样,另一些科学家也在研究量子安全技术,这种技术可以阻止这些未来机器的密码破译能力。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 阻止(某人)完成某事
他正试图阻挠她实现雄心壮志。
He's trying to thwart her ambition.
In spite of all the temptation you have endured, all the suffering, you remain pure of heart, just as pure as you were at the age of eleven, when you stared into a mirror that reflected your heart's desire, and it showed you only the way to thwart Lord Voldemort, and not immortality or riches.
虽然经历了那么多诱惑,那么多痛苦,你依然心地纯洁,还像你十一岁时那样。当时你向那面能照出你内心愿望的镜子中望去,看到的只有怎样挫败伏地魔,而没有永生和财富。
同近义词
foil: prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding frustrate: prevent (a plan or attempted action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled balk: thwart or hinder (a plan or person)