thwart

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthwartthwart /θwɔːt $ θwɔːrt/ verb [transitive] formal to prevent someone from doing what they are trying to do Fierce opposition thwarted the government’s plans. thwarted ambition→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusthwart• This revolution, how-ever, was thwarted almost at once.• Apart from anything else, by both thwarting and manipulating nationalism, it prevented it from learning its limits.• Efforts to clean up the oil spill have been thwarted by storms.• However, the council of ministers, divided on every other issue, combined to thwart her.• During Yeltsin's campaign for the presidency Gorbachev had at times quite blatantly attempted to thwart him.• Harry knew now that nothing could thwart his plans.• People whose appetite for encryption may be thwarted righteously, effectively, and harshly.• 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.• Congressional Republicans have made clear their intention to thwart these efforts.Origin thwart (1300-1400) thwart “across” ((13-19 centuries)), from Old Norse thvert

单词	thwart
释义	thwart From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthwartthwart /θwɔːt $ θwɔːrt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] formal to prevent someone from doing what they are trying to do Fierce opposition thwarted the government’s plans. thwarted ambition→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusthwart• This revolution, how-ever, was thwarted almost at once.• Apart from anything else, by both thwarting and manipulating nationalism, it prevented it from learning its limits.• Efforts to clean up the oil spill have been thwarted by storms.• However, the council of ministers, divided on every other issue, combined to thwart her.• During Yeltsin's campaign for the presidency Gorbachev had at times quite blatantly attempted to thwart him.• Harry knew now that nothing could thwart his plans.• People whose appetite for encryption may be thwarted righteously, effectively, and harshly.• 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.• Congressional Republicans have made clear their intention to thwart these efforts.Origin thwart (1300-1400) thwart “across” ((13-19 centuries)), from Old Norse thvert
随便看	have the cheek to do have the cheek to do something have the courage of your (own) convictions have the courage of your convictions have the courage of your own convictions have the courtesy to do have the courtesy to do something have the effrontery to do have the effrontery to do something have the feeling have the feeling that have the floor have the gall to do have the gall to do something have the good sense to do have the good sense to do something have the goodness to do have the goodness to do something have the goods on have the grace to do have the grace to do something have the guts lend something to somebody lend something to something lend support