Frustrate
[frʌ'streɪt;'frʌs-] or ['frʌstret]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.
(v. t.) To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose.
(v. t.) To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.
卡莱尔編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Defeat, disappoint, balk, foil, baffle, disconcert, bring to nought.
a. Vain, useless, ineffectual, frustrated, of no effect.
唐尼手打
同義詞及反義詞：
[See BAFFLE]
布兰登手打
解釋/意思:
v.t. to make vain or of no effect: to bring to nothing: to defeat.—p.adj. vain ineffectual defeated.—adj. Frus′trable capable of being frustrated.—n. Frustrā′tion disappointment: defeat.—adjs. Frus′trative tending to frustrate; Frus′tratory disappointing.
校對:谢尔曼
例句/造句/用法:
- Still later and more elaborate means have been used to frustrate the burglars. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Mr. Thornton declined having any share in a partnership, which would frustrate what few plans he had that survived the wreck of his fortunes. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The other is like a man who has planned an outing for the next day which continuing rain will frustrate. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- She simply continued to be mild in her temper, inflexible in her judgment, disposed to admonish her husband, and able to frustrate him by stratagem. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The words were hard; but this was not the first time that Lydgate had been frustrated by her. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Thanks, however, to Gurt's quick ear, and the serviceable electric light, their little scheme was frustrated at nearly the moment of its fulfilment. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- The accidents of the morning had helped his frustrated imagination to shape an employment for himself which had several attractions. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- If you do, then all my earnest efforts to avoid a scandal will be frustrated. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- With them, to love is merely to contrive a scheme for achieving a good match; to be disappointed is to have their scheme seen through and frustrated. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Johnston frustrated this plan by himself starting back as above stated. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- He sat crushed and frustrated for the time being, quite as emotionless and barren as herself. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- For the first time Lydgate was feeling the hampering threadlike pressure of small social conditions, and their frustrating complexity. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
克洛伊校對