单词 | thwarted |
释义 | thwartedadj.ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [adjective] > having a transverse line or streak thwarted1655 the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > [adjective] > legs striddling1638 thwarted1655 straddle-legged1817 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 41 All Knights-Templers make such Saltire Cross, with their Thwarted Leggs upon their Monuments. 2. Obstructed; frustrated, balked, defeated. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adjective] > of purpose: frustrated frustrate1447 discomfited1538 discomfishedc1540 frustrateda1643 balked1704 thwarted1828 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > prevented or checked > thwarted forbeft1487 prevented1568 frustrate1588 crossed1621 frustrateda1643 baffleda1658 nonsuit1679 balked1704 thwarted1828 1828 T. Carlyle Burns in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) II. 13 Ever-thwarted, ever renewed endeavours. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xlv. 504 A thwarted, and therefore a painful, energy of thought. 1879 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor II. xx. 208 Harry..understood the misery of a thwarted suit. Derivatives ˈthwartedly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adverb] > in a frustrated manner thwartedly1870 frustratedly1978 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adverb] > thwarting > thwarted thwartedly1870 1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art (1875) vii. 179 An atmosphere through which a burning sun shines thwartedly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1655 |
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