thwart
US /θwɔːrt/
UK /θwɔːrt/
動詞
1.
挫敗, 阻撓
to prevent someone from accomplishing something or to stop a plan from happening
範例:
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The police managed to thwart the attempted robbery.
警方成功挫敗了那起搶劫企圖。
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Our holiday plans were thwarted by the airline strike.
我們的度假計劃因航空公司罷工而落空。
名詞
1.
橫梁, 橫座板
a structural crosspiece forming a seat for a rower in a boat
範例:
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The rower sat firmly on the wooden thwart.
划手穩穩地坐在木製橫梁座上。
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The canoe's thwart provides extra stability to the hull.
獨木舟的橫梁為船體提供了額外的穩定性。
在 Lingoland 學習這個單詞