| 单词 | frustrate |
| 释义 | frustrate —frustrater, n. —frustratingly, adv. —frustrative /frus"tray tiv, -treuh-/, adj. /frus"trayt/, v. , frustrated, frustrating, adj. v.t. 1. to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him. 2. to disappoint or thwart (a person): a talented woman whom life had frustrated. v.i. 3. to become frustrated: His trouble is that he frustrates much too easily. adj. 4. frustrated. [1400-50; late ME < L frustratus, ptp. of frustrari, v. deriv. of frustra in vain] Syn. 1. balk, foil, circumvent. See thwart. |
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