frustrate

/frʌˈstreɪt/ v.
标准词条 CET-4CET-6IELTS
一句话记住

使沮丧；使懊恼；阻挠；挫败

释义与例句

v. 使沮丧；使懊恼
to make somebody feel annoyed or discouraged because they cannot achieve what they want
  1. The repeated delays frustrated both passengers and staff.
    一再延误让乘客和工作人员都很懊恼。
  2. It frustrates her when people ignore simple instructions.
    人们忽视简单说明时，她会感到很沮丧。
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  1. A lack of progress began to frustrate the research team.
    缺乏进展开始让研究团队感到懊恼。
v. 阻挠；挫败
to prevent a plan, attempt or desire from succeeding
  1. Heavy rain frustrated attempts to rescue the climbers.
    大雨阻挠了营救登山者的行动。
  2. The new evidence frustrated their efforts to conceal the truth.
    新证据挫败了他们隐瞒真相的企图。
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  1. Poor infrastructure frustrated the region's economic ambitions.
    落后的基础设施阻碍了该地区实现经济目标。

词源与构词

源自拉丁语 frustrari，与 frustra（徒然、无效）有关，后指使努力落空或使人气馁。

记忆钩子 人感到 frustrated，事情令人 frustrating；frustrate 作“阻挠”讲时，宾语常是 attempt、plan 或 effort。

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • frustrated 沮丧的；懊恼的
    形容人因受阻而无法实现目标时的感受。
  • frustrating 令人沮丧的；令人懊恼的
    形容事情使人感到受挫。
  • frustration 沮丧；懊恼；受阻
    frustrate 的名词形式，可指情绪，也可指计划受阻。
同义词
  • thwart 阻挠；挫败
    thwart 较正式，专指阻止计划或企图成功；frustrate 还可表示使人因无法达成目标而沮丧。
    Quick action by staff thwarted the attempted robbery. 工作人员的迅速行动挫败了这起抢劫企图。
易混词（形近或义近，注意区别）
  • disappoint 使失望
    disappoint 指结果未达到希望而使人失望；frustrate 强调目标或努力受到阻碍而产生的懊恼。
    The low attendance disappointed the organisers. 出席人数很少，令主办方失望。
常见搭配
  • feel frustrated 感到沮丧或懊恼
    Many learners feel frustrated when progress is slow. 许多学习者在进步缓慢时会感到沮丧。
  • frustrate an attempt 挫败一次尝试
    A mechanical failure frustrated their attempt to break the record. 机械故障挫败了他们打破纪录的尝试。
  • increasingly frustrated 越来越沮丧
    Residents became increasingly frustrated by the lack of answers. 居民因迟迟得不到答复而越来越懊恼。