frustrate

英 [frʌ'streɪt] 美 ['frʌstreɪt]

• vt. 挫败；击败；使沮丧；使灰心
• adj. 无益的；挫败的；挫折的

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 挫败; 破坏

   prevent the fulfilment of; defeat

2. vt. & vi. (使)沮丧

   (cause sb to) have feelings of annoyed disappointment

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 无益的
2. 无效的
3. 受挫的，失望的，沮丧的 ，挫败的，挫折的，受阻的
4. 被破坏的
5. 使失败的，失败了的

v. 动词

1. 挫败（敌人），挫伤，挫折
2. 使无效，使失败，使落空， 使不成功，使成泡影，使毫无结果
3. 阻挠，阻止
4. 使感到灰心，使沮丧，使懊丧，使懊恼
5. 困扰，恼人
6. 折磨
7. 无功，无益， 没有收效
8. 颇不顺利，功败垂成
9. 破坏，击败
10. 抵制，抵销
11. 取消

英英释义

Verb:

1. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;

   "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"
   "foil your opponent"
   

2. treat cruelly;

   "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. This is the place that we frustrate enemy.
   这是我们挫败敌人的地方。
2. They made their preparations to frustrate the conspiracy.
   他们作好准备挫败以这个阴谋。
3. The terrible weather frustrated our hopes of going out.
   恶劣的天气使我们外出的愿望无法实现。
4. We have the confidence in frustrating our enemy.
   我们有信心击败敌人。
5. She was frustrated by the lack of appreciation shown of her work.
   她因工作得不到赏识而沮丧。
6. He was frustrated by repeated failures.
   他因一再失败而灰心丧气。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The prisoner made a frustrate attempt to escape.
   囚犯妄图逃跑。
2. He left the company in a frustrate mood.
   他怀着挫败的心情离开了公司。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. His trouble is that he frustrates much too easily.
   他的毛病是太容易泄气。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. But this didn't frustrate Einstein.He was content to go as far as he could.
   但这并没有使爱因斯坦灰心,他对能够更深入地研究而感到满意。
2. The police frustrated the bandit's attempt to rob the bank.
   警方挫败了匪徒抢劫银行的企图。
3. Illness frustrated his plan.
   生病使他的计划受阻。
4. The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out.
   恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。
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5. He was frustrated by his poverty.
   他因贫穷而灰心丧气。
6. He felt extremely frustrated when things went against him.
   形势对他不利时,他感到非常失望。

经典引文

• Being frustrated of getting over the River.

  出自： W. Dampier

• On the threshold of anything promising he is always frustrated by disaster apparently beyond his control.

  出自： D. Athill

• Feeling frustrated by this apparently insoluble problem.

  出自： R. F. Hobson

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

frustrate in (v.+prep.)

(使某人)在…方面失败 fail in (sth)
frustrate sb in sth
He frustrated his enemies in their plans.

他使敌人的计划落空了。
I'm feeling rather frustrated in my present job; I need a change.

我感到现在干得很不顺心,需要换一换工作。
I was completely frustrated in my search for antiquities and a rare plant.

我寻找古物和珍奇植物,但徒劳无益。

frustrate out (v.+adv.)

使…无法实现 make (sth) not be able to realize
frustrate sth ⇔ out
Heavy rain frustrated out our plans for a picnic.

大雨使我们的野餐计划无法实现。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• frustrate sb's plan 破坏某人的计划
• frustrate a murderous attempt 挫败一桩行凶的企图

～+副词

• frustrate basely 基本挫败
• frustrate easily 容易挫败
• frustrate effectually 有效地破坏
• frustrate legitimately 合理地破坏
• frustrate subtly 轻微地破坏
• frustrate vindictively 报复性地破坏

～+介词

• frustrate at 对…感到沮丧

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. frustrate的基本意思是“挫败”,即击败企图达到某一目的的人或挫败另一人的欲望。强调为此而作出的努力,而不管这种努力的大小或成败。
2. frustrate既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语,宾语可以是人或物,可用于被动结构。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

frustrate, baffle, balk, foil, outwit, thwart

• 这组词都可指使某人的计划、企图、希望等落于失败。它们之间的区别是:frustrate指使某人为实现自己的愿望或为达到目的所付出的一切努力付之东流; thwart指插在中间阻挠或挫败对方的意图; foil强调打破对方的计划,使其难以继续下去; baffle指用使人困惑的方法阻碍某人的计划得以实现; balk指靠设障碍来使某人的计划无法实施; outwit指靠机智胜过某人。

近反义词

【近义词】

• thwart 反对
• foil 钝头剑
• defeat 挫败
• aggravate 恶化
• scotch 伤口
• prevent 预防
• stop 停止
• block 街区
• hinder 阻碍
• obstruct 阻隔
• stymie 使 ... 处于困难境...
• discourage 阻碍
• exasperate 使 ... 恼怒
• abort 流产
• impede 妨碍
• irritate 激怒
• intervene 干涉
• upset 心烦的
• spite 恶意
• disturb 扰乱
• ward 病房
• annoy 使恼怒
• bother 烦扰
• vex 使恼怒
• overcome 战胜
• embarrass 使窘迫
• spoil 宠坏
• ruin 毁灭
• baffle 困惑
• balk 阻止
• rag 破布
• cross 穿过
• queer 古怪的
• crucify 钉在十字架上处死...
• bedevil 使痛苦
• bilk 赖账
• torment 苦痛
• dun 讨债

【反义词】

• accomplish 完成
• fulfill 完成
• encourage 鼓励