frustrate
- vt.使沮丧;挫败;阻止;使懊恼;防止;使懊丧
- adj.失败了的;被破坏的;无效的;受挫折的
过去式： frustrated 现在分词： frustrating 过去分词： frustrated 第三人称单数： frustrates
frustr- 欺骗,失望 + -ate 做,造成
frustrateverb
使懊丧；使懊恼；使沮丧
to make sb feel annoyed or impatient because they cannot do or achieve what they want
What frustrates him is that there's too little money to spend on the project.
使他懊恼的是，可用于这个项目的资金太少。
阻止；防止；挫败
to prevent sb from doing sth; to prevent sth from happening or succeeding
The rescue attempt was frustrated by bad weather.
拯救行动因天气恶劣受阻。
frustrate
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VERB 使灰心;使沮丧;使愤怒
If something frustrates you, it upsets or angers you because you are unable to do anything about the problems it creates.These questions frustrated me...
这些问题让我沮丧。
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Roberta felt frustrated and angry.
罗伯塔既灰心又生气。
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The results show the level of frustration among hospital doctors.
这些结果显示了医院医生的不满程度。
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VERB 挫败;阻挠…的成功
If someone or something frustrates a plan or attempt to do something, they prevent it from succeeding.The government has deliberately frustrated his efforts to gain work permits for his foreign staff.
政府故意阻挠他为自己的外籍员工申请工作许可证的努力。
verb
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- treat cruelly
- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
- Synonym: torment rag bedevil crucify dun
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- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
- Synonym: thwart queer spoil scotch foil cross baffle bilk
数据来源：WordNet
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It 's very easy to get frustrated in this job .
这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
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They felt frustrated at the lack of progress .
没有进展，他们感到懊丧。
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It 's frustrating to have to wait so long .
要等这么长时间，真令人懊恼。
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What frustrates him is that there 's too little money to spend on the project .
使他懊恼的是，可用于这个项目的资金太少。
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He stamped his foot in frustrated rage .
他愤懑郁积得跺脚。
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The current situation is very frustrating for us
当前的情形令我们十分灰心。
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When things go wrong , all of us naturally feel disappointed and frustrated
出问题时，我们大家自然都感到失望和沮丧。
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Anger is the natural reaction we experience when we feel threatened or frustrated .
我们觉得受到威胁或遭受挫折时本能地会感到气愤。
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The government has deliberately frustrated his efforts to gain work permits for his foreign staff .
政府故意阻挠他为自己的外籍员工申请工作许可证的努力。
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It must be terribly frustrating to lobby and get absolutely nowhere .
游说未取得一点结果，一定让人非常沮丧。
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He was frustrated by his inability to wave down a taxi
连一辆出租车都打不到，他很沮丧。
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We spent a frustrating five minutes while the pilot warmed up the engines .
我们沮丧地等了5分钟，让飞行员预热引擎。
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He often appeared angry and frustrated by the intransigence of both sides .
他似乎常常为双方各不相让而生气沮丧。
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Douglas plays a frustrated American everyman who suddenly loses control under the pressure of daily life .
道格拉斯扮演一个失意的普通美国人，他在日常生活压力下突然失控。
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I felt sorry for him and his colleagues — it must have been so frustrating for them
我为他和他的同事们感到难过——这件事一定让他们感到非常沮丧。
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These questions frustrated me
这些问题让我沮丧。
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Doesn 't it frustrate you that audiences in the theatre are so restricted ?
观众在剧场里要受到如此多的限制，这难道不令人恼火吗？
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A few are dim-witted drones , but most are talented , frustrated , wasted people .
有几个是愚笨的寄生虫，但是大多数是有才能却不得志而自暴自弃的人。
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I 'm pretty desk-bound , which is very frustrating .
我基本上一直需要伏案工作，这真让人沮丧。
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Malcolm is a brilliant but frustrated surgeon who is married to a neurotic and sexless woman .
马尔科姆是一位才华横溢却又生活失意的外科医生，他妻子有些神经质而且性冷淡。
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Our plan to go on a picnic was frustrated by his sister .
我们去野餐的计划因为他姐姐的阻止而泡汤了。
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Their attempt to get a signature from him was frustrated by the guards .
她们想找他要个签名，但是被警卫拦住了。
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His trouble is that he frustrates much easily .
他的毛病是很容易泄气。
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The team 's efforts to score were frustrated by the opposing goalkeeper .
该队想要进球的努力被对方的守门员挫败了。
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The enemy 's plot was frustrated .
敌人的阴谋未能得逞。
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The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out .
恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。
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I feel really frustrated about having botched the job .
事情没办好，心里老觉得窝憋得慌。
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Heavy rain frustrated out our plans for a picnic .
大雨使我们的野餐计划无法实现。
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You shouldn 't get frustrated by a few setbacks .
受到一点儿挫折用不着苦恼。
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He frustrated his enemies in their plans .
他使敌人的计划落空了。
指阻止某人做成坏事。
to foil a plot
挫败阴谋
His attempt to rob the bank was foiled by the police.
他抢劫银行的企图被警察挫败了。
指阻止某人的计划、努力、意图等，使之不能成功，通常用被动语态。
Our plan to go on a picnic was frustrated by his sister.
我们去野餐的计划因为他姐姐的阻止而泡汤了。
Their attempt to get a signature from him was frustrated by the guards.
她们想找他要个签名，但是被警卫拦住了。