单词	thwart
释义	thwartthwart /θwɔːt $ θwɔːrt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINthwart Origin: 1300-1400 thwart ‘across’ (13-19 centuries), from Old Norse thvert Verb Table VERB TABLE thwart Simple Form Present I, you, we, they thwart he, she, it thwarts Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they thwarted Present perfect I, you, we, they have thwarted he, she, it has thwarted Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had thwarted Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will thwart Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have thwarted Continuous Form Present I am thwarting he, she, it is thwarting you, we, they are thwarting Past I, he, she, it was thwarting you, we, they were thwarting Present perfect I, you, we, they have been thwarting he, she, it has been thwarting Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been thwarting Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be thwarting Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been thwarting Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES An attempt to smuggle heroin worth £30 million into the country has been thwarted by customs officials. Efforts to clean up the oil spill have been thwarted by storms. Harry knew now that nothing could thwart his plans. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Apart from anything else, by both thwarting and manipulating nationalism, it prevented it from learning its limits. Congressional Republicans have made clear their intention to thwart these efforts. During Yeltsin's campaign for the presidency Gorbachev had at times quite blatantly attempted to thwart him. However, the council of ministers, divided on every other issue, combined to thwart her. It would have to reach 448. 95 or less to thwart the Lockheed Martin-Loral combination. Moreover, it alerts us to the fact that short-sighted tactics may thwart the overall strategy. People whose appetite for encryption may be thwarted righteously, effectively, and harshly. This revolution, how-ever, was thwarted almost at once. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto prevent a plan or action from succeeding► block to use something such as a law or an official order to prevent someone from doing something that they have been planning to do: · Britain has threatened to block new EU legislation on human rights.· The deal was blocked by the chairman, who was unwilling to commit so much company money to a risky investment. ► obstruct to try to prevent someone from doing something by deliberately making it much more difficult for them: · The House of Lords has been accused of obstructing change and preventing scientific progress.· It is an offence to obstruct the police during the course of their duty. ► thwart formal to prevent someone from doing something, especially something that they very much want to do because it is personally important to them: · Harry knew now that nothing could thwart his plans.· An attempt to smuggle heroin worth £30 million into the country has been thwarted by customs officials. ► foil to prevent something bad or criminal that someone is planning to do, by being more clever than they are: · The government has foiled an attempted military coup.· The burglar was foiled by a passer-by who noticed the broken window and phoned the police. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► frustrate/thwart somebody’s ambitions formal (=prevent someone from achieving them)· The weather threatened to frustrate their ambitions.· Her lifelong ambitions had been thwarted again and again. ► foil/thwart an attempt formal (=make it fail)· Troops loyal to the general foiled the assassination attempt. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► attempt · Police had already thwarted attempts to bring two huge van bombs to Madrid, and to detonate a car bomb in Bilbao.· A government-run press centre in the tense Presevo valley area bordering Kosovo claimed special police had thwarted the abduction attempt. ► effort · It is expected to say that tobacco companies have deliberately thwarted international efforts to control the sale of cigarettes.· Congressional Republicans have made clear their intention to thwart these efforts.· But remoteness from the nearest exchange thwarted its efforts.· Barred: Burglars who broke into the Spennymoor Leisure Centre were thwarted in their efforts to break into the bar. ► plan · Providing the military or the wild west sea don't thwart your plans, I doubt very much these climbs will disappoint.· Mauss bought the passkey back, thwarting the anarchists' plans.· The assassination attempt on his life had been thwarted and his master plan on the Continent was going exactly to plan. VERB► try · Just as urgently, the Putin government is trying to thwart him. to prevent someone from doing what they are trying to do:  Fierce opposition thwarted the government’s plans. thwarted ambition
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