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frustrate 音标拼音: [fr'ʌstr ,et] vt. 挫败,击败,破坏
a. 无益的,挫败的,挫折的 挫败,击败,破坏无益的,挫败的,挫折的 frustrate v 1: 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}, { frustrate}, { baffle}, { bilk}] 2: treat cruelly; " The children tormented the stuttering teacher" [ synonym: { torment}, { rag}, { bedevil}, { crucify}, { dun}, { frustrate}] Frustrate \ Frus" trate\, a. [ L. frustratus, p. p. of frustrare, frustrari, to deceive, frustrate, fr. frustra in vain, witout effect, in erorr, prob. for frudtra and akin to fraus, E. fraud.] Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. " Our frustrate search." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Frustrate \ Frus" trate\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Frustrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Frustrating}.] 1. To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose. [ 1913 Webster] Shall the adversary thus obtain His end and frustrate thine ? -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed. Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; baffle; defeat. [ 1913 Webster] 117 Moby Thesaurus words for " frustrate": annul, anticipate, arrest, baffle, balk, bar, beat, bilk, blast, block, brave, bring to nothing, buffalo, buffer, cancel, cancel out, cast down, challenge, check, checkmate, circumvent, come to nothing, confound, confront, conquer, contravene, counter, counteract, counterbalance, countermand, counterwork, cripple, cross, dash, deceive, defeat, defeat expectation, defy, destroy, disappoint, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, discourage, dish, disillusion, disrupt, dissatisfy, elude, evade, exasperate, flummox, foil, forbid, forestall, get around, get round, give the runaround, give the slip, go one better, halt, hamper, hamstring, hinder, impede, inhibit, interrupt, invalidate, knock the chocks, let down, lick, negate, negativate, negative, neutralize, nonplus, nullify, obstruct, obviate, offset, outfigure, outflank, outgeneral, outguess, outmaneuver, outplay, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overcome, overreach, pass the buck, perplex, preclude, prevent, prohibit, redress, repel, repulse, ruin, sabotage, scotch, spike, spoil, stonewall, stop, stultify, stump, stymie, tantalize, tease, thwart, undo, upset, victimize, vitiate, void
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