frustrates

英 [frʌˈstreɪts]

美 [ˈfrʌstreɪts]

v.  使懊丧; 使懊恼; 使沮丧; 阻止; 防止; 挫败
frustrate的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使灰心;使沮丧;使愤怒
  If somethingfrustratesyou, it upsets or angers you because you are unable to do anything about the problems it creates.
  1. These questions frustrated me...
     这些问题让我沮丧。
  2. 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？
• VERB 挫败;阻挠…的成功
  If someone or somethingfrustratesa plan or attempt to do something, they prevent it from succeeding.
  1. 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。
  2. ...her frustrated attempt to become governor.
     她竞选州长的受挫之举

双语例句

• Uranus may fear and hate Saturn because the latter stifles and frustrates his freedom;
  天王星可能害怕和憎恨土星因为后者窒息和挫败他的自由；
• Musicians, among others, have sensed this for ages. A piece that frustrates the fingers during evening practice often flows in the morning.
  而音乐家等人长久以来一直有这种感受。晚间练习时，老跟指头过不去的一首曲子，常在早上练习时如行云流水。
• I just think it's sad, it really just frustrates me.
  我只是认为这是可悲的，它实际上只是有些困扰。
• The bad weather frustrates our hopes of having a picnic.
  坏天气使我们野餐的愿望无法实现。
• It always frustrates me when I can't afford the time to get involved and help out.
  每当我拿不出时间来为人排忧解难，我总感到十分丧气。
• Some have even blamed affluence itself, arguing that the dizzying range of lifestyle options that we now confront frustrates the pursuit of happiness.
  一些人甚至谴责富裕本身，他们辩称，如今我们在生活方式上面对着令人眼花缭乱的选择，这妨碍了我们对幸福的追求。
• Stephen's attitude really frustrates me sometimes!
  斯蒂芬的态度有时使我灰心。
• China also frustrates direct sellers with special taxes, high investment requirements and by capping sales commissions at30% of product revenue, less than some stores earn on their mark-ups.
  令直销商感到痛苦的是，中国还针对直销设立了特别税种，提高了投资要求，并将销售佣金的上限限定在产品收入的30%，比一些商店成本加成后的利润还低。
• You will most likely have a least one time in your college career where your roommate will do something that either frustrates or upsets you, maybe even consistently.
  大学生活中，你很可能会遇到你室友所作所为令你烦恼或难过的情况，至少一次，也许甚至持续很多次。
• The results could be summed up by that word that frustrates all wine drinkers: inconclusive.
  结果可以用那个让所有葡萄酒爱好者沮丧的词来总结：没有结论。