frustrate

英 [frʌ'streɪt] 美 ['frʌstreɪt] vt.挫敗；擊敗；使沮喪；使灰心adj.無益的；挫敗的；挫折的

基本介紹

• 外文名：frustrate
• 類別：英文單詞
• 音標：英 [frʌ'streɪt] 
• 含義：挫敗；擊敗

短語解釋

用作及物動詞 (vt.)

1. They made their preparations to frustrate the conspiracy.
   他們作好準備挫敗以這個陰謀。
2. The terrible weather frustrated our hopes of going out.
   惡劣的天氣使我們外出的願望無法實現。
3. We have the confidence infrustrating our enemy.
   我們有信心擊敗敵人。
4. She was frustrated by the lack of appreciation shown of her work.
   她因工作得不到賞識而沮喪。
5. He was frustratedby repeated failures.
   他因一再失敗而灰心喪氣。

用作形容詞 (adj.)

1. The prisoner made afrustrateattempt to escape.
   囚犯妄圖逃跑。
2. He left the company in afrustratemood.
   他懷著挫敗的心情離開了公司。

常見短語

用作動詞 (v.)

• frustrate in (v.+prep.)
• (使某人)在…方面失敗 fail in (sth)frustrate sb in sth
  He frustrated his enemies in their plans.他使敵人的計畫落空了。
  用於 be ～ed 結構
  I'm feeling rather frustrated in my present job; I need a change.我感到現在幹得很不順心,需要換一換工作。
  I was completely frustrated in my search for antiquities and a rare plant.我尋找古物和珍奇植物,但徒勞無益。
• frustrate out (v.+adv.)
• 使…無法實現 make (sth) not be able to realizefrustrate sth ⇔ out
  Heavy rain frustrated out our plans for a picnic.大雨使我們的野餐計畫無法實現

辭彙搭配

用作動詞 (v.)

～+名詞

• frustrate sb's plan破壞某人的計畫
• frustrate a murderous attempt挫敗一樁行兇的企圖

～+副詞

• frustrate basely基本挫敗
• frustrate easily容易挫敗
• frustrate effectually有效地破壞
• frustrate legitimately合理地破壞
• frustrate subtly輕微地破壞
• frustrate vindictively報復性地破壞

～+介詞

• frustrate at對…感到沮喪