英语词汇“frustrate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► increasingly

· But he has become increasingly frustrated the 26-year-old forward is being overlooked by his country.· But as the game wears on, Jess is getting increasingly frustrated.· On all the landings men now stood outside their cells, increasingly frustrated and increasingly cold.

► more

· Consequently she becomes a less efficient shopper and a more frustrated one.· This was more frustrating because of the missed opportunities.· Nothing is more frustrating to a public servant.

► most

· One of the most frustrating aspects of the game is its combat system, particularly the process of making soldiers.· The most frustrating part has been trying to find a place to locate the business.· One of the most frustrating part of travel today is the delay that seems inevitable at all stages.· Of course, this is the most frustrating way to think about school reform.· These shortcomings are most frustrating when it comes to the vital question of what to do next.· One of the most frustrating things for me was not ever knowing what we were doing.

► often

· Unpremeditated impulses were often frustrated by such hurdles.· It was often frustrating for us, too, because we had to interpret for her.· Learner drivers are often frustrated at the long wait for driving tests.· That reformers are often frustrated testifies to the reality of what prison is about.· However, these are often frustrated at branch level or by union officials in individual firms.· We are often frustrated by our children and angry with them.

► really

· There's one girl, Mary, who really frustrated me.· I have no idea why this is happening and it is really frustrating both my girlfriend and me.

► so

· What made it so frustrating for us all was that we knew we shouldn't have lost that series.· I was so frustrated I started to cry.· It's attitudes like that which so frustrate doctors.· But he got so frustrated with the software available for economic modeling that he began tinkering.· It was so frustrating because I wanted to please our customers, but! was constantly having to say no.· Which is precisely why the new data on women and drinking is so frustrating.· It is the left that finds the mismatch so frustrating.· Work inhibition is so frustrating to parents and teachers that they are bound to feel like exploding.

► very

· I moan to Mum about the way I look and she finds that very frustrating.· In this case, it was very frustrating because we almost had a jury.· To be a pawn is very frustrating.· Even though I get frustrated very easily, I do not give up.· They are very frustrated or angry or something.· You are talking about a player who is frustrated, very frustrated.· The two games previous to this were very frustrating.

NOUN► attempt

· Shea said the sparse cell where Salvi is housed is designed to frustrate suicide attempts.

► effort

· Reporters have been frustrated in their efforts to catch even a glimpse of the procession of secret soldiers.· The editor then began a long and frustrating effort to obtain permission.· This frustrates government efforts in checking desert encroachment.· Instead, in one quick trade, they saved themselves endless frustrating efforts.· An insensitive allocation policy could only frustrate their efforts.

► government

· This frustrates government efforts in checking desert encroachment.· Our members are overwhelmed and frustrated by big government.

► inability

· Too often these people are frustrated by their inability to communicate in the new language.· People have become frustrated with the inability to get online and the slow speeds of the Internet.· How often have teachers been frustrated by their inability to introduce and implement change in their schools on returning from a course?· So, frustrated by this inability to demonstrate his ideas, he developed an entire new musical theory.

► lack

· I also hated being beaten by the wind and was frustrated by my lack of progress.· He may become frustrated by the lack of dramatic coverage in the press.· In many poorer countries they long to send out workers, yet are frustrated through lack of resources.· He was particularly frustrated by a lack of funds to allow his campus to grow, some said.

► plan

· Delightful prospect that this is, it is felt that certification problems will frustrate any such plans.

VERB► become

· Streetwise keeps students' motivation strong ... Teenage students at intermediate level can easily become bored and frustrated.· As employees feel themselves hemmed in, they become frustrated and angry.· Let him rest if he becomes tired or frustrated.· Or if we prefer organic matrix models, we become frustrated with rigid bureaucracies.· But he has become increasingly frustrated the 26-year-old forward is being overlooked by his country.· People have become frustrated with the inability to get online and the slow speeds of the Internet.· You become less tolerant and frustrated.· Both men and women are becoming increasingly frustrated over control conditions of how, when, and where they do their work.

► feel

· The selection of the correct key added on another minute or so and Sandison could only look on feeling helpless and frustrated.· But I feel frustrated, too, at the degree to which they capitulated.· She felt helpless and frustrated, without a thought in her head.· In the evening, he felt useless and frustrated in helping Mark complete spelling and math assignments.

► find

· I moan to Mum about the way I look and she finds that very frustrating.· George said he always found it frustrating to play with Robbie because his son rarely seemed interested in playing with him.· It is the left that finds the mismatch so frustrating.· Aching to know what she truly thought and felt during those months in the Seattle hospital, I found her reports frustrating.· But despite the desire, most people still find it frustrating to turn their ideas into actuality.

► get

· They get tired, frustrated, irritable and downright incensed at times.· When the child and parents begin to get frustrated and angry neither the child nor the parents show it at first.· A little way along the street Peter was getting frustrated.· Do you ever get frustrated listening to the radio?· Once you've got her panting with frustrated desire, it's time to show control.· But he got so frustrated with the software available for economic modeling that he began tinkering.· He gets frustrated because people want some super-dramatic explanation for his turnaround.· Even though I get frustrated very easily, I do not give up.

► leave

· We discover that the mysteries in others, which used to leave us baffled and frustrated, now enrich our inner selves.· The law has left some rejected contractors frustrated.

► seem

· Dole often seemed frustrated and unsure of himself as Democrats blocked many of the bills he tried to move through Congress.