| 单词 | frustrate |
| 释义 | frustrate (once / 423 pages) 1v 2v When you frustrate someone, you do your best to annoy, confuse, or even torment that poor person. Maybe you constantly change your mind — that's sure to frustrate anyone who tries to make plans with you. If you have ever been frustrated while writing, you may have dropped your pen — or pushed away your keyboard — and stared angrily out the window, thinking, "How will I ever do this?" Well, that pent-up doubting that has made you stop is a sure sign you are frustrated. Plans, too, can be frustrated, like the snow that frustrates our efforts to run our errands. WORD FAMILYfrustrate: frustrated, frustrates, frustrating, frustration, frustrative+/frustrated: frustratedly/frustrating: frustratingly/frustration: frustrations USAGE EXAMPLESFor people targeted by Internet “trolls,” the absence of a clear solution is often the most frustrating part. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Labor groups, frustrated by the Republican Congress, will no doubt intensify their push for city and county minimum wages instead. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) We understood his appeal to people frustrated with gridlock in Washington or convinced that a well-fed establishment is oblivious to their struggles. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1 v hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of 2What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge Syn|Hypo|Hyper baffle, bilk, cross, foil, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart disappoint, let down fail to meet the hopes or expectations of dashdestroy or break short-circuithamper the progress of; impede ruindestroy or cause to fail betray, faildisappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake come short, fall shortfail to meet (expectations or standards) disenchant, disillusionfree from enchantment undocause the ruin or downfall of breakcause the failure or ruin of shipwreckruin utterly forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent keep from happening or arising; make impossible v treat cruelly Syn|Hypo|Hyper bedevil, crucify, dun, rag, torment madden drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves hamstringmake ineffective or powerless badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, teaseannoy persistently oppress, persecutecause to suffer purgeoust politically beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke annoy continually or chronically |
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