thwart
US: /ˈθwɔɹt/
UK: /θwˈɔːt/
UK: /θwˈɔːt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
thwart /θwæk/
- tính từ & phó từ
- ngang (trái với dọc)
- ngang (trái với dọc)
- danh từ
- ván ngang (cho người chèo thuyền ngồi)
- ván ngang (cho người chèo thuyền ngồi)
- ngoại động từ
- cản trở, ngăn trở, phá ngang, làm trở ngại
- to thwart the enemy's plans: phá kế hoạch của địch
- cản trở, ngăn trở, phá ngang, làm trở ngại
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
[VN] [often passive] ~ sth
~ sb (in sth) to prevent sb from doing what they want to do: to thwart sb's plans / ambitions / efforts + She was thwarted in her attempt to take control of the party.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 frustrate, impede, check, stymie, baffle, stop, foil, stump, hinder, obstruct, balk, block, oppose, negate, nullify, Colloq short-circuit:
They have thwarted all our efforts to become friendly.
n.
2 brace, cross-brace; (rowing-)seat, bench:
These canoes are fitted with two thwarts.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
easily | constantly
Plans to expand the company have been constantly thwarted.
VERB + THWART
attempt to, try to
PREP.
in
They were thwarted in their attempt to gain overall control of the company.
Concise English dictionary
thwarts|thwarted|thwartingθwɔrt /θwɔːt
noun
+a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
verb
+hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
